The Cannes Film Festival, founded in 1946, is held annually in May on the French Riviera and is regarded as the world's most prestigious film festival. Its top prize, the Palme d'Or, has been awarded to filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman, Francis Ford Coppola, Bong Joon Ho and Ruben Östlund. Cannes is celebrated for premiering groundbreaking cinema and blending artistic recognition with international attention and red-carpet glamour. mindre>