For 12 days starting Tuesday, the Cannes film festival will be a non-stop merry-go-round of movies, stars, interviews and parties.
Here are some figures to put the event into perspective, reports AFP.
40,000
The number of people with official accreditation to attend the festival, of whom around 4,500 are journalists including Sadia Khalid Reeti from Bangladesh. She is also attending the festival Fipresci jury.
62
The number of feature films -- from 25 countries -- screened in the official selection at the festival, 21 of which are competing for the Palme d'Or. Hundreds more are showing in the parallel sections and in the market.
19
The number of golden fronds on the 18-carat gold Palme d'Or which will go to the winning film. The trophy, worth 20,000 euros ($22,000), is made by Swiss jewellers Chopard.
500
The number of security personnel deployed at the Palais des Festivals -- not counting the hundreds of police, soldiers and paramilitary gendarmes patrolling the surrounding area.
20,000,000
The festival's budget, in euros (about $22 million). Half the funding comes from French taxpayers, the other half from corporate sponsors.
From 74,000 to over 200,000
That's how much Cannes's population swells to during the festival.
