The most secular film market of Europe and probably the world is the Cannes Film Festival - opens on Wednesday, May 16, on the French Cote d'Azur. In 2012, the symbol of the ceremony is the legendary Marilyn Monroe.
"Even 50 years after the death of Marilyn remains one of the main figures of world cinema, it is an eternal and modern embodiment of grace, secrets and temptations," explains the choice of a symbol in the official release of the festival.
On the red carpet in Cannes this year, Brad Pitt will appear with Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaja, Nicole Kidman, as well as the heroes of "Twilight" Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
The competitive jury was headed by the Italian director of Nannie Maretti, writes the magazine "7 days", and the hostess of the film festival will be Berenice Bezho, who performed one of the main roles in Oscar "Artist". The festival will open by showing the new film of the American director WESS Anderson "Kingdom of the Full Moon".
The President of the festival Gilles Jacob explained: "Opening the 65th Festival of the film WESSON WESSON, we wanted to honor the new generation of young American directors."
Russia in the main competition will present the film "In the fog" of Sergey Loznitsa. The painting set on the story of the writer Vasil Bykov, which tells about the German occupation of Belarus.
The closing of the festival will be held on May 27 - it is on this day that the winners of the film reform will be announced.