Yinto yokuqala eyaziwa ngayo ganeko kakhulu emhlabeni: USean Penn uya kuba ngumongameli wejaji kuhlelo luka-2008 lwe Umnyhadala weFilimu waseCannes, uhlelo lwawo lwama-61 oluya kuqhubeka phakathi koMeyi 14 nowama-25 walo nyaka.
Ndonwabile ngokuqeshwa, umlingisi kunye nomlawuli wathi: "Umnyhadala weCannes ubusoloko ungoyena ndoqo wokufunyanwa kwamaza amatsha emiboniso bhanyabhanya ehlabathini, kwaye ndonwabe kakhulu ngokuthatha inxaxheba kulo mnyhadala njengomongameli wejaji.«.
U-Penn uphumelele i-Oscar ye-"Mystical River" kwaye ngoku usendleleni eya ekuqondiseni "Into Wild." Ngo-1997 waphumelela imbasa yomdlali ogqwesileyo eCannes ngokudlala kwakhe kwifilimu ethi "She's So Lovely" kaNick Cassavetes.