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El Umkhosi we-Cannes, okunye okubaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, kulo nyaka kuzogujwa iminyaka engama-60 kwasungulwa inhloso yokuhlanganisa «isimanjemanje nomlando, amafemu amakhulu namahlumela amasha«. Uhlu lwamafilimu oluzobamba iqhaza ekukhetheni ngokusemthethweni, olwenziwe ngamafilimu angama-49, amane awo kuphela angamaSpanishi-aseMelika, seluchaziwe. Okuwukuphela kokumelwa kweSpain kulolu hlobo yilokho komqondisi uJaime Rosales.
Ukuncipha kobukhona beSpanishi kulo nyaka, ngokungafani noshicilelo luka-2006, luholwa ngumqondisi waseMexico uCarlos Reygadas, ozoncintisana okwesibili nePalme d'Or, umklomelo omkhulu womncintiswano. Ifilimu yakhe ethi «Stellet Licht» ('LumiÞre silencieuse'), Ukukhiqizwa kwamazwe omhlaba kudutshulwe ngesiDashi, ulimi lomphakathi wezenkolo amish ohlala eMexico, ukhonjwe njengesibonelo ngumqondisi wezobuciko kulo mdlalo, uThierry Frémaux, ngobunzima obandayo bokunikeza "ubuzwe kwifilimu."
Futhi abafuna iPalam d'Or bazoba ngababhali abakhulu njengoGus van Sant, uQuentin Tarantino, izelamani zakwaCoen, u-Emir Kusturica noWong Kar-wai, abazovula umncintiswano ngoMeyi 16.