Waa waxa ugu horreeya ee laga yaqaan evento ugu muhiimsan dunida: Sean Penn wuxuu noqon doonaa madaxweynaha xeerbeegtida daabacaadda 2008 ee Bandhigga Filimka Cannes, oo daabacaaddiisa 61 -aad ay dhici doonto inta u dhexeysa 14 -ka May illaa 25 -ka ee sannadkan.
Ku faraxsan magacaabista, jilaa iyo agaasime ayaa yiri: «Bandhigga Cannes ayaa had iyo jeer ahaa udub -dhexaadka daahfurka mawjadaha cusub ee shineemada adduunka, aad ayaan ugu faraxsanahay inaan ka qayb -galo xafladda sannadkan anigoo ah guddoomiyaha xeerbeegtida.«.
Penn wuxuu ku guuleystay Oscar -ka "Wabiga Mystical" wuxuuna hadda ka haray toosinta "Into Wild." Sannadkii 1997 wuxuu ku guuleystay abaalmarinta Actor -ka ugu Fiican Cannes waxqabadkiisii filimka “She So So Lovely” ee Nick Cassavetes.