Sounds like Cannes used to be for the artsy-fartsy films. Now they have "In Competition" and "Out of Competition" submissions. Last year they had "Bad Santa" in the out-of-competition category. Bad Santa is about as commercial film as you can get. <A HREF="http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/index.php?langue=6002&edition=2004" target="_blank">http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/index.php?langue=6002&edition=2004</A>