Cannes 2018 Recap: The Festival Pushes Forward, Shaking Things Up

Looking back on Cannes this year, everything did turn out pretty well. No disasters, nothing bad happened, no big complaints, they actually let us bring in water to the cinemas this year (they didn’t last year). At the start of the festival, I wrote about how they were entering a new era and starting out by making some major changes – and who knew how this would all affect us. Now that the 71st Cannes Film Festival is finished, the awards handed out, looking back on the experience – it was a great year. It went smooth, they showed a ton of outstanding films, plus a few bad ones. Even though it wasn’t exactly perfect, they seemed to actually be making some good progress getting into a new era and slowly setting a precedent for the next few years. Dare I say, they’re making the right steps. Little by little, they’re cleaning up their act and still remaining relevant – even without Netflix films (for now). Don’t listen to the naysayers, Cannes is as important as ever. ›››

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