CANNES, France (AFP) - "Speed-dating" for producers desperately seeking backers is the new buzz at the Cannes film market opening Thursday on the sidelines of the world's paramount film festival.
With 10,000 directors, distributors and producers on hand for a 12-day frenzy of deals worth an estimated billion dollars, the Cannes Market, the film world's biggest, works to keep its edge over rival trade fairs, its director Jerome Paillard told AFP
