The top prize

 

Look at the picture and try to continue the sentence

In a few moments ...

1. What is the event?
2. Where do the steps lead to?
3. Is this event popular? Why? Why not?
4. Where does it take place?
5. Who participates?

Look at the words on the left and match them to their definitions on the right:

jury	escape from
the Golden Palm	accumulate
blockbuster	car race movie
auto epic	the main prize at the Cannes Film Festival
shaky	start
get off the ground	unstable
paparazzi (noun, plural)	freelance photographers who pursue celebrities to get photographs of them
rack up	the chances or likelihood of something happening
elude	a body of people selected to judge a competition
odds	a thing of great power or size, in particular film, book, or other product that is a great commercial success

Which of the two statements is true?

• Thousands of films are in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
• Actors and actresses compete for the Oscar at the Cannes Film Festival.

• All the films are made by professional filmmakers.
• There are also films made by students.

• The Cannes Film Festival was created by professionals of different origins.
• It was created by professors dissatisfied with the Venice festival.

• At the beginning the festival was not very successful.
• The festival was an instant success.

• If you want to get on the red carpet, you need to buy a ticket.
• You need an invitation to get on the red carpet.

• Cameramen and photographers have to wear black.
• Everybody can dress the way they like.

• The top prize has been won mostly by men.
• The top prize has never been won by a woman.

• There are lots of small unexpensive hotels in Cannes.
• There are plenty of palm trees at the French Riviera.

Watch the video and check:

Put these words in the sentences from the video:

fascist - heels - shaky - odds - out - jury - market - up - good - celebrity - top

1. What is the Cannes Film Festival? - It's the largest film ... in the world.
2. The festival was created by professionals from the French, British and American movie industry, who found that the Venice festival was getting a bit too ...
3. It got off to a ... start in 1939.
4. The Cannes Film Festival got off the ground for ... in 1946.
5. If you've made a film, you've got a good chance, or if you are a paparazzi-friendly ...
6. Over the course of the festival, some two kilometres of the red carpet will be rolled ...
7. Women are meant to wear ... but some say that sexist.
8. If you want to win the Golden Palm, you must have a film in the official competition, and then you have to impress the ...
9. The ... are better if you are a man.
10. Only one woman has won the ... prize in the history of the festival.
11. Filmmakers from Italy, France and the USA have racked ... the most palms in the past.

1. Are there any film festivals in your country?
2. What is different about this year's Cannes Festival?
3. What makes a good movie in your opinion?