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Cinephiles, it's time for the Cannes Film Festival season!
According to the film festival's update, the selection committee of the prestigious film festival has reportedly watched over 2,909 films, making it an all-time record. (via X/@DiscussingFilm)
Netizens' hilarious comments on the Cannes Film Festival's selection committee's 2,909 films watched
Because the film festival's selection committee has reportedly watched 2,909 films for the 78th edition of Cannes Film Fest, fans poked fun at the number of films watched, saying that the Oscars selection committee should also do it to avoid the nomination of mid films.
"Would be great if the oscars team did the same for their selections" - a fan said (via X/@quibvs)
Fans compared the film fest to the Oscars, too, joking that the film fest is waaaay better than the Oscars in terms of films selected, and the committee itself, too!
"And this is another reason why Cannes is much better than the sh**show the Oscars are" - another fan added (via X/@Broodje_Unox)
Other fans trolled the selection committee's 2,909 films watched, saying that there might be a film student who has sent their short films and hoped for the best that it would be included in the film festival. (via X/@szaseiji)
"I just know someone threw in their student short film hoping for the best" - one commented (via X/@szaseiji)
Some fans clowned the 2,909 films watched also, stating that if they had reached the 1000th film, they would stop counting! (via X/@BalthierGR)
Fans hilariously speculated on the selection committee's watching style, stating that maybe they have watched the film entries since last year until the announcement today.
"They must’ve been watching since last year" - another fan replied (via X/@Waploadedblog)
X users are also jealous of the selection committee, saying they must have been seriously binge-watching the 2,909 films.
"Sheesh, that's a serious cinema binge" - another fan remarked (via X/@cryptonian_0)
Other X users are shocked, too, saying that more or less the selection committee watched the 2,909 films in maybe 250 or more days! (via X/@ssmb291_)
Other X users LOLed at the 2,909 films that the Cannes Film Festival's selection committee watched, commenting that it is their dream job: to watch as many films as possible!
"This would be my dream job!" - an X user commented (via X/@thefilmstans)
And finally, X users roasted the selection committee, stating that their watching 2,909 films is better than the people's Netflix histories combined.
"That’s more screen time than my entire Netflix history combined" - another X user shared (via X/@xpert_growth)
Why did the Cannes Film Festival's selection committee watch 2,909 films?
Well, it's part of their job! As a selection committee member of Cannes Film Festival, they are in charge of choosing films to be part of Competition—for short and full-length films, Out of Competition, and Un Certain Regard—so yes, the selection committee MUST WATCH all the films to check if the film passed the Cannes Film Festival vibe check (jk).
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There may be 2,909 films that are submitted to the film festival, but the selection committee works hard by watching the films one by one and being objective to all the films that are submitted, so that there will be no bias or discrimination against the submitted films.
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