in 2021 was going to a real, in person cannes film festival in july. it was a vintage year. joining me on the film festival bandwagon was my colleague emma jones, who has been looking back at some 2021 festival highlights. cannes was the first major film event to bounce back in 2021 with a physical festival. those famous red steps were busy with celebrities and the cast of films including wes anderson's long delayed the french dispatch. they needed a bus to discharge them all onto the carpet. still water, starring matt damon also had its world premiere. the blockbuster was filmed in france, and matt damon summed up the feelings of many attendees about the return of the cannes film festival. i'm glad that we are here this year. after watching things on television for two years just about, to be in a room with 1000 other people, i never would have appreciated it in