Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes

The Marché du Film, widely known as the Cannes Film Market, is the premier global film industry marketplace, held annually in Cannes alongside the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Since its inception in 1959, it has grown into the world’s largest film market, drawing over 15,000 professionals from 140+ countries, showcasing around 4,000 films and projects, hosting 1,500 screenings, and staging approximately 250 industry events during its nine-day run.

At its core, the Marché du Film is where the global film business thrives. It brings together a vast spectrum of industry players—producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, festival programmers, and service providers—for essential networking, content licensing, co‑production deals, financing pitches, and distribution negotiations. Confidence in the market remains strong: in 2023, record-high participation was recorded, with over 13,500 onsite attendees and 1,700 certified film buyers, underscoring its status as a dynamic, market‑driven hub.

The Marché du Film isn’t just about business—it’s also a hub for emerging trends, industry learning, and innovation. Participants can explore dedicated programming such as Cannes Docs, Cannes XR, Cannes Next, Producers Network, Goes to Cannes, and impACT, each fostering connections in niche areas like documentaries, immersive tech, early-stage projects, and socially conscious cinema. With hundreds of conferences, masterclasses, and state-of-the-art tech showcases—covering everything from AI and virtual reality to streaming trends—it offers a forward‑looking lens into the future of cinema .

In essence, the Marché du Film acts as the beating heart of the international film industry during Cannes: a place where creativity meets commerce, ideas become investments, and projects secure the support they need to get made and seen globally.