Jill Forbes and Sarah Street argue in European Cinema: An Introduction (ISBN 0333752104), that Cannes "became...extremely important for critical and commercial interests and for European attempts to sell films on the basis of their artistic quality" (page 20).
Jill Forbes dan Sarah Street berpendapat dalam European Cinema: An Introduction (ISBN 0333752104), bahwa Cannes "menjadi...sangat penting bagi kepentingan kritik dan komersil serta bagi upaya masyarakat Eropa untuk menjual film-film mereka yang berbasis kualitas artistik mereka" (hlm.