As part of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in France, Adobe will pair student filmmakers with professionals to create documentaries on their Cannes experiences.

Adobe plans to train 50 students in a three-day orientation during the Festival, which runs from May 17th through the 28th. When the students aren’t busy hissing at the screen during ‘The Da Vinci Code’ they will be making their documentaries with Macromedia Flash and other Adobe products.

The company described what will be in store for the aspiring Ron Howards from around the world as they work with instructors and professional filmmakers during the training sessions:

The teams will produce a three minute broadcast reporting on activities in the American Pavilion, a five minute documentary on Cannes and the festival, and a motion logo for the American Pavilion Student Filmmaker Program. Adobe will also offer students access to leading filmmakers who have used Adobe products for their Cannes submissions with daily lectures from the Pavilion.
When the Cannes Film Festival ends, Adobe will feature the best of the projects at the “It’s A Wrap Party.” Independent producers from SAGIndie will judge the projects for best broadcast and best in show documentary.

The documentaries will become part of the 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards student competition. Entries for 2006 closed on April 28th.

“Students have embraced digital filmmaking and understand the creative potential unleashed by today’s powerful digital video technologies,” said Jim Guerard, vice president of Web and Video products for Adobe.

Flash offers filmmakers a platform-independent way to deliver movies to viewers online. Flash Players can be found for multiple browsers on various operating systems, so the budding Scorsese has access to an audience nearly as vast as everyone on the Internet today.

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David Utter is a staff writer for webproworld covering technology and business.