Cinema & Red Carpet

Film Festival history and anecdotes, the red-carpet steps, the palace hotels of the Croisette and the giant cinema murals of Cannes.

Duration

1.5 to 2 hours

Price

[[price to confirm]]

Group size

[[Up to 12 people]]

When

[[Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 15:00]]

Languages

[[English, French]]

Meeting point

[[In front of the Tourist Office, Palais des Festivals, 1 boulevard de la Croisette]]

What you will see

1. 1

   Palais des Festivals

   Why the first Festival, planned for 1939, only happened in 1946, and how the “bunker” became the centre of world cinema for two weeks a year.

2. 2

   The red-carpet steps

   Twenty-four steps, a strict dress code and decades of memorable entrances. Your turn for the photo.

3. 3

   Chemin des Étoiles

   Handprints of directors and actors set in the pavement around the Palais.

4. 4

   Murs peints

   A selection of the painted walls that turn Cannes façades into film scenes.

5. 5

   Hôtel Majestic and Hôtel Martinez

   Where juries are lodged, deals are signed and parties go on until sunrise.

6. 6

   Carlton

   The 1913 palace of Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief”, where Grace Kelly’s Riviera story began.