The Cannes International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, but premiering, screening, and awarding the best feature films isn't all that Cannes has to offer. Cannes Short Film Corner is an event that allows the creators of short films an opportunity to show their projects to a massive audience, pitch future projects, and hopefully make many important connections as well. However, the festivities can seem quite overwhelming, but Brooklyn-based filmmaker Lit Kilpatrick is here to walk you through Cannes and fill you in on how to make the most out of your visit. Lit describes all of the basics for those who aren't familiar with the short film corner in part 1 of our 3-part series.
This is a guest post by Lit Kilpatrick.
Cannes is one of the most important industry events in the world, a place of much more than photo-op red carpet screenings, where an enormous international film market attracts filmmakers, buyers, distributors, agents, producers, and press en masse to make deals and exchange the latest information on where the industry and consumer market are going.