{"id":510724,"date":"2026-05-12T11:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/september-1946-the-first-cannes-film-festival-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:43:21","slug":"first-cannes-film-festival-september-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/movies\/first-cannes-film-festival-september-1946\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars, fascism, propaganda\u2026 Behind the scenes of the first Cannes Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2d01b346bcb&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a2d01b346bcb\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"790\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/push-cover-festival-de-cannes-1946-numero-magazine-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-510722\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress Michelle Morgan in Cannes in 1946.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new-found creative freedom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 1st, 1939, France was ready to welcome an armada of French and foreign films on a chartered ocean liner. A large-scale operation conducted by the American company <strong>Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer<\/strong>. The French city of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/lifestyle-en\/mondrian-hotel-cannes-france\/\">Cannes<\/a><\/strong> was bubbling with excitement, with its luxury hotels and its projection room with nearly 1000 seats. The Southern city had been chosen over Biarritz or Vichy to host the first international film competition in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obviously, the <em>cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me<\/em> of the film business was set to arrive on the Croisette, formerly called\u00a0Boulevard de l\u2019Imp\u00e9ratrice. But against all odds, the festival was cancelled\u2026 The German army annexed Poland, protected by the German-Soviet Pact of August 23rd, 1939. The French cultural industry was taken aback, after ten years trying to organise a film festival. Italians had struck hard with their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/fashion\/venice-film-festival-2025-most-stunning-looks-of-stars\/\">Venice Film Festival<\/a><\/strong>. Since 1932, when the first film to premiere at the ceremony was\u00a0<em>Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde<\/em> by American director <strong>Rouben Mamoulian<\/strong>, the event had been handing out awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But France refused defeat and, a few years later, benefited from the geopolitical context while healing its wounds. Italy wasn\u2019t quite so proud after World War II, and its fascist regime convinced the Anglo-Saxons to boycott the <strong>Mostra<\/strong>. Far from being a simple ersatz, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/fashion\/the-cannes-film-festival-spectacular-red-carpet-appearances\/\">Cannes Film Festival<\/a><\/strong> wanted to dream big!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1946 : Cannes fait son premier Festival | Franceinfo INA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uMut_x_-rPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Archival footage of the first Cannes Film Festival (September 1946).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The birth of the first Cannes Film Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fireworks, flower battles, movie stars and fashion shows\u2026 From September 20th\u00a0to October 5th, 1946, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/movies\/5-scandals-that-have-shaken-the-cannes-film-festival-from-isabelle-adjani-to-quentin-tarantino-2\/\">Cannes<\/a><\/strong> was in full swing. The first international film festival hosted in France had just been inaugurated. Participants from 21 nations showed their work there. The watchwords were &#8220;party&#8221; and &#8220;pacifism.&#8221; At the time, the Palais des Festivals was still incomplete, and the official selection committee didn\u2019t appear until 1972. But moviegoers were delighted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order not to include everyone, eleven films received an award. <strong>Jean Delannoy<\/strong>&#8216;s feature\u00a0<strong><em>Pastoral Symphony<\/em> <\/strong>(1946), an adaptation of <strong>Andr\u00e9 Gide<\/strong>&#8216;s novel of the same name, was one of them. The film also saw its actress <strong>Michelle Morgan<\/strong> winning a prize.\u00a0<em><strong>Beauty and the Beast<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(1946) by <strong>Jean Cocteau<\/strong> and\u00a0<em><strong>Rome, Open City<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(1945) by<strong> Roberto Rossellini<\/strong> were among the winners too. British actor <strong>Ray Milland<\/strong> won the award for Best Actor thanks to his performance in <strong>Billy Wilder<\/strong>&#8216;s film\u00a0<em><strong>The Lost Weekend<\/strong><\/em> (1945), an adaptation of Charles R. Jackson&#8217;s book, written two years earlier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cinema and resistance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the Jury Prize, it was awarded to <strong>Ren\u00e9 Cl\u00e9ment<\/strong> for his war film\u00a0<em><strong>The Battle of the Rails<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(1946). In his debut docudrama, the French director tells the story of Camargue, a railway worker who helped Jewish people flee the areas occupied by the Nazis. Often considered by some as a caricature bordering on propaganda today, it obviously didn&#8217;t receive the same criticisms in 1946.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applauded by the French Resistance, this first <strong>Cannes Film Festival<\/strong> was a resounding success in spite of some chaotic moments. One can think of the reels of Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Notorious<\/em>\u00a0being reversed. For budgetary reasons and to avoid any clash with the <strong>Venice Film Festival<\/strong>, cinema lovers had to wait until 1951 for the second edition, which then took place during spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is taking place from May 12th to 23rd, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new-found creative freedom On September 1st, 1939, France was ready to welcome an armada [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/movies\/first-cannes-film-festival-september-1946\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Stars, fascism, propaganda\u2026 Behind the scenes of the first Cannes Film Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","category-culture-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The birth of the Cannes Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1946 saw the end of the war and France enjoyed a new-found cultural freedom. 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