September 20th

On this day – 20th of September 1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival was held

The film festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. It is held annually, usually in May, in Cannes in France. The history of the festival goes back to 1938 when an international Cinematographer festival was set up, but the Cannes Film festival as it is known today was created in 1946. Since 1955 have the winners received the “Palme d’Or”, or the golden palm (Although this was called Grand Prix du Festival between 1964 and 1974). The first to receive this award  was Delbert Mann for “Marty” from USA.