4 World V I D E O A G E March/April 2022 in September 2021. The Georges Méliès Campus also includes the Bastide Rouge business center, and a business incubator, which, between them, house 28 companies, along with filming and post-production facilities. Last year also saw the opening of the Cineum, a 2,400-seat multiplex, “the largest screen on the Côte d’Azur.” It also offers “12 rooms equipped with the latest technologies,” reported Ausset. Further promoting its intent to be more involved with the entertainment industry rather than just an event hub, the city of Cannes has attracted Novelty, the European events organizer. The company will use more than six hectares of land belonging to Cannes’ Town Hall, “and create film studios, performance halls, a logistics space, and accommodation for its professionals,” said Ausset. Additionally, the Town Hall of Cannes will continue “to promote writing residencies and training on its territory,” through at least 2023, via the Cannes Vivendi Talent Unlimited Chair in series (Canneseries Unlimited) and cinema (Cannesfilms Unlimited). It will also continue its partnership with Banijay, also through at least 2023, as part of the “Content Creatives Incubator,” which focuses on the creation of television pro-grams, with an objective to create a master’s course on audiovisual content. The city has also signed an agreement with France’s National Audiovisual Institute for implementation of training programs for showrunners and digital designers. Ausset reminded that, “the Town Hall of Cannes pursues its vocation of hosting worldrenowned events such as the Cannes FIF, Ninja Warrior, the NRJ Music Awards, Cannes Lions, CANNESERIES, MIPTV, and MIPCOM.” “In order to best support these achievements, a municipal filming office, responsible for examining requests and supporting production companies has been created by the municipality,” continued Ausset. As for actual production, even under COVID limitations, Cannes saw 406 days of filming locally in 2021. (By Mike Reynolds) Attendees at this year’s edition of MIPTV may notice a few changes around the city of Cannes, should they get a chance to step away from the confines of the Palais and their hotels, that is. A new university campus has been erected in Cannes La Bocca, which includes the Cineum (a multiplex cinema, pictured), and which will also house the International Museum of Cinema (currently under construction). Back in October 2019, Cannes Mayor David Lisnard announced his Cannes On Air program to promote the creation of a major audiovisual hub in Cannes, and despite pandemic restrictions that were imposed across France for the last couple of years, many of the buildings and facilities outlined in his plans are up and operating. According to city spokesperson Hawa Ausset, the new Georges Méliès University Campus, which can accommodate 1,000 students, offers around 35 courses dedicated to the audiovisual technical and creative field, as well as business aspects. The campus and an image technology park were inaugurated Cannes Is All Out for the Audiovisual Industry (Continued on Page 6)
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