Cannes Film Festival still growing

The market has been slow for the winter and all hopes are now set for Cannes next week. With the market in a slump, the Cannes Film Festival still managed to grow by 8%. The festival is ready to accomodate 9,000 film business men and women from over 90 countries.

Sundance and Tribeca Film Festival didn't manage to fuel the market earlier this year. Many picture left without a distribution deal, as did Robert De Niro's 'What Just Happened?.' The picture is now closing the Cannes Film Festival, but there's not much hype left for the movie.

With a 40% growth since 2003, Cannes can't care too much however. They've now added three extra screening rooms to host an impressive 1,600 screenings. I hope you're not the one going to see movies at Cannes. Because else you might want to start making a selection.