Cannes

Wherever we are in the world, we face decisive environmental challenges. In 2021, conscious of its role and duties, the Festival de Cannes puts in place a series of measures aiming at implementing its presence and future in an essential movement of which the cultural events must be committed environmental campaigners.

The Festival de Cannes thus intends to start the third decade of the 21st century with an even greater commitment to environmental responsibility and action:

• Responsibility because the time has come for a radically different way of producing a major international event

• Action through strong and unprecedented measures put in place for the 74th Festival which will take place from July 6-17 2021.

After several months of preparation with the consulting firm Green Événements, and driven by the determination of the organising team, the Festival's commitment will unite the efforts of all involved, from professionals, Festival-goers, official partners and service providers to the Palais des festivals and the Cannes Town Hall.

Bringing the greatest and most beautiful film festival to life has always been an artistic and economic challenge. It is now also an environmental challenge because, wherever we are, we have to ask ourselves the right questions.

To meet this challenge, the Festival de Cannes has set itself the task of entirely rethinking its modus operandi while remaining faithful to its history, its traditions and the ambitions that underpin the Cannes legend.

In recent years, the Festival has undertaken a series of actions, in close collaboration with the Palais des Festivals, to reduce its carbon footprint: reduction of electricity consumption thanks to planned lighting, recycling of tarpaulins, optimisation of waste recovery, printing of all documents on certified paper, compensation for guests' travel, incentives to carbon compensation for accredited professionals...

In 2021, the Festival has decided to move up a gear, with a strong and reinvigorated ambition to integrate environmental requirements into the way the event is organised, based on a three-pronged strategy: