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HP and the 60th Cannes Film Festival

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» Wrapping Cannes
» HP's Technology Showcase
» Go Mobile!
» HP Proteus Boat
» Canal+ /Festival TV
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The Cannes Film Festival is celebrating its 60th anniversary and HP is hanging out the banners! It’s a rare chance to see the combined capabilities of HP’s entire range of digital imaging, printing, mobility and entertainment solutions and how they are changing the way movies are made and enjoyed. HP has been the Official Sponsor and "Digital Entertainment & Graphic Arts" Partner of the Cannes Film Festival for the last three years, demonstrating commitment and passion for digital entertainment and the movie industry and is connecting with the Festival attendees and movie fans around the globe across every platform; from advertising to the web to real-world experiences. HP is proud to power this celebration of 60 years of history and to help take the Cannes Film Festival forward into the future.


60 years in pictures

As the official "Digital Entertainment & Graphics Arts" Partner to the Cannes Film Festival, HP has produced a stunning photographic exhibition telling the story of the 60 years of the Festival. The stunning 60th Anniversary Photo Exhibition shows why HP’s new digital printing technology is becoming the technology of choice for the most glamorous images in the world. HP’s exhibition turns the Croisette and the Cannes Railway station into an outdoor gallery with 60 years of iconic colour and black and white images celebrating the Cannes Festival. The story of the Cannes Film Festival was also brought to life by printing 300 limited-edition photo albums using HP Indigo press which catalogue the exhibition's images in a single set, numbered and personalized—the only copies ever to be produced.


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Wrapping Cannes

HP's most comprehensive digital graphic arts portfolio for printing everything from color postcards to large, outdoor banners will transform the city of Cannes for the 60th edition of its international Film Festival. As festival-goers arrive at the central railway station, they are welcomed by ultra–large-format photos printed using HP Scitex, displayed on huge 17 square metre windows separating the sidewalk from the arrivals hall. HP Scitex ultra-wide-format printers have also been used to produce the iconic banners of up to 500 sq metres that wrap around entire buildings – like the one that graces the red-carpeted entrance to the Palais des Festivals.

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HP's Technology Showcase

HP Studio and HP Digital Lounge: The HP Studio overlooking the beautiful beachfront and the HP Digital Lounge in the famous Majestic Barriere hotel will offer the Festival attendees a first-hand experience of HP's latest digital entertainment solutions and a sneak-preview into the future of IT and product design. HP Studio and HP Digital Lounge will showcase the latest consumer notebooks, desktop PCs, handhelds, workstations, digital imaging and printing solutions as well as many other digital entertainment and mobility devices and services.

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Go Mobile!

In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, HP is bringing a friendly face to mobility for film fans from around the world converging on the French Riviera. During the 19th – 25th of May, HP Go Mobile! teams will be roaming the famous Cannes Croisette, the heart of Festival action, as well as nearby shopping areas to provide consumers with a first-hand look into some of HP’s exciting notebook and iPAQ benefits. The Go Mobile! teams will be demonstrating the capabilities of HP’s smart phone, the iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger, its travel companion, the HP iPAQ rx5940, and one of the company’s hot new consumer notebooks, the HP Pavilion tx1000. Consumers will have the chance to win an iPAQ and other prizes, while getting to experience how HP is making the computer personal again. Go Mobile! teams will be easily recognizable thanks to their colorful HP uniforms and eye-catching two-wheeled, electric transportation devices (Segways®).


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HP Proteus Boat

HP always take innovation seriously whether up on the big screen, on dry land and now, in the water. We’ve sponsored Proteus, a 100 feet long twin hulled boat that has been attracting lots of interest from the Cannes quayside thanks to its long titanium legs that adjust to the surface of the water and facilitate its incredible speed. This ultra light and flexible catamaran is the first in a new generation of Wave Adaptive Modular Vessels (WAM-V™) based on patented technology that delivers a radically new seagoing experience. The HP Proteus Boat will be performing manoeuvres in the bay throughout the festival period.

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Canal+ /Festival TV

In addition to providing our own environments at the heart of the Festival experience, HP has also provided equipment and technical support to Canal+, the exclusive supplier of the Festival images for broadcast around the world. Cannes Festival TV is broadcasting to hotels and other locations throughout the Festival and also conducts the Festival TV Tour in the Palais des Festivals, while also operating a Live Broadcast soundstage on the Z Plage.

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Technology to inspire

Film is rooted in rich storytelling history. With the latest digital technology solutions, HP empowers cinema's current and would-be players to communicate their stories, unleash their creative genius and push cinematic art to new frontiers.

» Graphic Arts
» HP DreamColor Technologies
» HP Large Format Printing Knowledge Center
» HP Designjet Z3100
» HP Indigo press 5000
» HP Scitex XL1500
» HP Halo Collaboration Studio
» Take mobility to new heights

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