The Secret to the Success of the Cannes Film Festival

READ MORE: The 2015 Indiewire Cannes Bible The bus full of tuxedoed moviegoers was pulling up to Palm Beach at the cusp of the Croisette in Cannes when the fireworks started. As the crowd pooled at the entrance to a hulking white tent where the opening dinner for the Cannes Film Festival would take place, a panoply of glittering colors filled the air to the tune of deafening explosions. Usually at this chaotic festival, which attracts thousands of cinephiles, dealmakers, partygoers, celebrities and their gawkers alike, any given crowd quickly dissolves into mayhem. But for a brief moment, the roaring spectacle brought the whole scene to a standstill, and all we could do was just stand...

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