2008 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 61st Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of model Anouk Marguerite and photographed by Pierre Collier.
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| Opening film | Blindness |
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| Closing film | What Just Happened |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Entre les murs) |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| Number of films | 22 (En Competition) 20 (Un Certain Regard) 8 (Out of Competition) 17 (Cinéfondation) 7 (Special screening) 9 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 14 May 2008 – 25 May 2008 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 25 May 2008. In addition to films selected for competition this year, major Hollywood productions such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Kung Fu Panda had their world premieres at the festival.
The festival opened with Blindness, directed by Fernando Meirelles and closed with What Just Happened, directed by Barry Levinson. The film poster for the festival featured model Anouk Marguerite and photographed by Pierre Collier.Hunger, directed by Steve McQueen, opened the Un Certain Regard section.
The British press reported the list of films in competition this year was notable for its absence of British films for the second successive year.
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