AUDIOVISUAL ACTIVITY
Audiovisual press accreditations are managed and issued by the Audiovisual Media Department to press and media outlets (TV, Radio, Internet, Photography) that produce and broadcast/distribute audiovisual content (video, sound, photos).
To ensure the comfort and working conditions of journalists at the event, the number of passes is limited. Once your application is complete, we will submit it to the "Audiovisual Media Accreditation Committee". An email will then be sent to you to notify you of the acceptance or rejection of your request.
For information and as a reminder: there is no emailing or automatic accreditation from one year to the next.
The first stage is the submission of a complete accreditation application as soon as possible. You must state in your application the main type of media you will be representing during the Festival (television, audiovisual media agency, photo agency/press photographer – radio – audiovisual web media or photos), along with a description of the type of coverage you will be giving the Festival de Cannes.
Request for Audiovisual Media Accreditation for the Festival de Cannes 2020
1/ SUBMITTING YOUR ACCREDITATION APPLICATION
* On our website via the online registration platform:
From 2 March, you will shortly be able to apply for accreditation online by registering on our website or by accessing to your online account if you already registered for the 2019 event. To help process your request, please fill out the requisite information in full, upload the various documents required to support your application listed below, and validate your registration form.
You will be able to track the progress of your application online directly through your account. You may apply for individual accreditation for yourself or for someone else, or for group credentials. It is very important that you provide all the specific information and upload the documents requested for each person.
This registration does not mean you have been granted accreditation. Your application will be analysed upon receipt and, if it is successful, you will receive a confirmation email.
If your team comprises written press journalists and audiovisual reporters, please make two separate applications, one for each main activity (written press and audiovisual media).
* By Email: From 15 February to 31 March 2020:
presseaudio@festival-cannes.fr - mediaweb-audio@festival-cannes.fr
Only the messages and/or applications sent to these email addresses will be processed by the Audiovisual Media Department.
After we have received and analysed your application, the Audiovisual Media Department will contact you by email and invite you to create an account on our website or access your personal account where you can register each person for whom you require accreditation. If your application is successful, you will receive a confirmation email.
2/ COMPLETING YOUR AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION APPLICATION
Please send us OR upload, using our online form, the documents and supporting evidence applicable to your media company and your audiovisual activities (video, sound or photos) during the Festival de Cannes.
If you will be representing several media companies, please provide us with the relevant information about each. Please inform us which of these we should consider as your priority for accreditation purposes. (You must choose the media company that will be broadcasting/distributing your main activity during the Festival.)
If you will be doing several jobs, please let us know what your primary function will be because the press department cannot issue dual accreditation.
TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTERS – WEB MEDIA – AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AGENCIESWe would remind you that in view of the large number of applications:
- Audiovisual production companies must be working on behalf of a broadcaster (television or radio channel, websites); audiovisual production companies cannot be accredited without a guarantee that their programmes or reports will be broadcast.
- Audiovisual media accreditation does not guarantee a reserved place at official events (red carpet ceremony, press conferences, etc.).
- Only the Festival's official television broadcaster – TV Festival – has access to the official Festival de Cannes photocall. Please contact us by email to obtain TV Festival images.
Renewal of application for audiovisual media accreditation
– A formal letter on headed paper from the editor-in-chief or the person responsible for your media company appointing you to cover the Festival de Cannes 2020 and specifying the number, names and exact functions of each member of the team.
– Photocopies of the press cards of the people to be accredited (or their business cards).
If any members of your team do not have a press card, you must inform us.
– Photocopies of the ID (ID card or passport) of the people to be accredited.
– The type of coverage you are planning for the Festival de Cannes (name of the broadcast, periodicity, times, audience, number of repeat broadcasts, live broadcast...).
– Your (video or audio) report(s) on the 2019 Festival
For TV broadcasters: preferably on direct web links, (or, if need be, on DVD sent by post)
For RADIO broadcasters: preferably on direct web links, (or, if need be, on DVD sent by post)
For WEB MEDIA: direct web links.
New application for audiovisual media accreditation
– A formal letter on headed paper from the editor-in-chief of your media company appointing you to cover the Festival de Cannes 2020 and specifying the number, names and exact functions of each member of the team.
– Photocopies of the press cards of the people to be accredited (or their business cards).
If any members of your team do not have a press card, you must inform us.
– Photocopies of the ID (ID card or passport) of the people to be accredited.
– The type of coverage you are planning for the Festival de Cannes (name of the broadcast, periodicity, times, audience, number of repeat broadcasts, live broadcast, etc.).
– A general presentation of your media company (audience, broadcast area, periodicity, type of programme, number of unique visitors per month, average number of pages viewed per month, cinema website, general website, etc.).
– A recent example of one of your broadcasts
For TV broadcasters: preferably on direct web links, (or, if need be, on DVD sent by post)
For RADIO broadcasters: preferably on direct web links, (or, if need be, on DVD sent by post)
For WEB MEDIA: three recent web links to video or photo reports by the reporter to be accredited.
PHOTO AGENCIES AND PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS
(Print & Web)
We would remind you that in view of the large number of applications:
- Press photographer accreditation does not guarantee a reserved place at official events (red carpet ceremony, photocall, etc.).
- Press photographer accreditation cannot be granted to freelance photographers. To apply for accreditation as a press photographer you must be appointed by a media broadcaster/distributor (print or web publication) or a photo agency.
Renewal of application for photographic press accreditation
– A formal letter on headed paper from the editor-in-chief of your media company (print or web) or the person responsible for the agency appointing you to cover the Festival de Cannes 2020 and specifying the number, names and exact functions of each member of the team.
– Photocopies of the press cards of the people to be accredited (or their business cards).
If any members of your team do not have a press card, you must inform us.
– Photocopies of the ID (ID card or passport) of the people to be accredited.
Your (video or photo) report(s)
– Please send us a CD (or USB flash drive) by post containing a 'best of' compilation of your photos (between 20 and 50 photos) about the Festival de Cannes 2019. Alternatively you can send us an email with a direct web link. The Festival undertakes not to exploit your photos.
– A sample of your publication (PDF file or direct web link) containing articles on the last Festival de Cannes
New application for photographic press accreditation
– A formal letter on headed paper from the editor-in-chief of your media company (print or web) or the person responsible for the agency appointing you to cover the Festival de Cannes 2020 and specifying the number, names and exact functions of each member of the team.
– Photocopies of the press cards of the people to be accredited (or their business cards).
If any members of your team do not have a press card, you must inform us.
– Photocopies of the ID (ID card or passport) of the people to be accredited.
– Media Print = A recent sample of your publication (PDF file) and three recent press clippings about cinema and/or culture that were illustrated with your photos (PDF file).
– Web Media = A link to the website's homepage and several direct links to publications about cinema and/or culture that were illustrated with your photos.
Incomplete applications for audiovisual media accreditation will not be considered.
