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Cannes through the years

14 May 2008

From the postponed festival of 1939 to the 40th anniversary in 1987, a history of the Cannes film festival in posters.



A poster for the planned first Festival International du film de Cannes, September 1939. The event was postponed until after World War II and the first festival was in fact held in 1946. An illustration by Jean Gabriel Daumergue.
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A poster for the planned first Festival International du film de Cannes, September 1939. The event was postponed until after World War II and the first festival was in fact held in 1946. An illustration by Jean Gabriel Daumergue.








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