Quiz: How much do you know about Cannes Film Festival?
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL took place this week – meaning more painfully long standing ovations and dramatic tears over movies no one has been able to see yet.
Yes, clapping for 15 straight minutes is totally normal and not at all weird.
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As the staple film calendar event comes to an end today, we wanted to ask you: How much do you know about Cannes Film Festival?
What's the longest standing ovation in Cannes Film Festival history?
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12 minutes
15 minutes
19 minutes
22 minutes
And what was the film that garnered the longest ovation in the film festival's history?
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Requiem for a Dream
Gladiator
Pan's Labyrinth
The Departed
Which 2019 Cannes Film Festival screening was unexpectedly upstaged by a red carpet marriage proposal?
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The Lighthouse
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Pain and Glory
During the festival, films are screened at the exclusive Grand Théâtre Lumière. How many seats does the theatre have?
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1675 seats
1232 seats
2309 seats
2563 seats
How many times is the red carpet on the stairs changed throughout the festival week?
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Once daily
Three times a day
Five times a week
Four times a day
Which American actress features on the jury for the festival this year?
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Halle Berry
Sandra Bullock
Jodie Foster
Julia Roberts
Which film won the festival's esteemed Palme d'Or award last year?
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The Substance
Emilia Pérez
A Complete Unknown
Anora
Below are some of the more obscure Cannes winners. Three took the Palme d'Or, but which one scooped the Grand Prix award?
Cité Films
Bye Bye Monkey
The Ballad of Narayama
Chronicle of the Years of Embers
Under Satan's Sun
The film festival usually has a strict dress code - for what reason were a number of women reportedly turned away from the red carpet in 2015?
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They were not wearing dresses
They were wearing too much jewellery
Their outfits were too large to fit into seats
They were not wearing high heels
Which Irish film won the Palme D'Or shortly before its release?
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In the Name of the Father
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Michael Collins
My Left Foot
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