Film ##maker Agnes Poirier : The Cannes Film Festival is the Olympics of cinema . It was created as a reaction against Italian dictator Mussolini promoting fascist - Italian films . Then , Cannes raised its game . Also : At Cannes directors are free to throw tantrums and tell critics what they really think . Today success at Cannes is the Nobel Prize directors and actors secretly covet , says Poirier .
Film ##maker Agnes Poirier : The Cannes Film Festival is the Olympics of cinema . It was created as a reaction against Italian dictator Mussolini promoting fascist - Italian films . Also : At Cannes directors are free to throw tantrums and tell critics what they really think . Today success at Cannes is the Nobel Prize directors and actors secretly covet , says Poirier .