Cannes, France

2010

— MAY 22
The city was restored.

— AUGUST 10
The city was hit by an intense tornado for most of the day.

— AUGUST 11
The Cannes International Film Festival acted as a jumping point for a films revival.

• Mandelieu Space Center — Currently serving as the headquarters for the Revival Project. The Cannes Mandelieu Space Center is an industrial plant formerly dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing. After a long history as an aircraft manufacturer, starting in 1929, the center became more and more involved in the Aerospace activities after the Second World War, and satellites became the plant's main produce. It is no longer producing anything.

• Cannes - Mandelieu Airport — An airport serving the city of Cannes. It is located 5 km west of Cannes and east of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, both communes of the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur région of France.

• Palais des Festivals et des Congrès — Today, the Palais des Festivals has an overall space capacity of 25,000 square meters for exhibitions, which is used for exhibitions, as well as numerous rooms and 18 auditoriums. It is also home to the Cannes Film Festival.

• Carlton Hotel — Located at 58 La Croisette on the French Riviera, and listed by the Government of France as a National Historic Building. During the Cannes Film Festival, it is the most prestigious place to stay and the undisputed headquarters of motion picture industry deal-making.

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