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The film festival returns
to Cannes this May 2008
Photo: Getty; Rex FeaturesCannes Film Festival
14-25 May www.cannes-festival.com
The most prestigious event in the film industry calendar returns to the French Côte d’Azur. For 61 years, this glamorous festival has been a huge platform for filmmakers. With Sean Penn as President of the Jury and plenty of new films and celebrities, there’s no no doubt it will be a great experience.
Vintage Ferrari auction, Maranello
18 MMay
RM Auctions with Sotheby’s will hold their sale of classic and modern Ferraris in Maranello, Italy, this May. A magnificent range will go under the hammer, headlined by a pair of ultra-rare Ferrari 250 California Spyders, the Rossellini 212 Inter Coupé Pininfarina and a 246S Dino Sports racer besides a selection of important 
memorabilia.
FIB, Benicà ssim
17-20 July www.fiberfib.com
Spain’s biggest and best pop festival takes place a couple of hours south of Barcelona this summer. Leonard Cohen, Mika and Roisin Murphy headline, and it’s on the coast, so you can combine a great selection of live gigs with a beach holiday.
Gnaoua Festival
26-29 June www.festival-gnaoua.net
Discover the moody, hypnotic music of North Africa at this four-day festival, taking place over the last weekend of June, in the idyllic Moroccan seaside town of Essaouira, two hours outside Marrakech.
iShares Cup
30 May-21/Sept www.isharescup.com
Olympians and America’s Cup contestants will be sailing in 14 catamaran teams, passing through Lugano, France, Cowes (UK) and Germany before finishing in Amsterdam in early Autumn.
Magical Gardens
May-July www.lavenaria.it
The 300-year-old Venaria Reale Savoy estate in Turin, Italy, was reopened last year following a restoration. Over the next few months, another 20 hectares of the gardens will be opened. Geometric genius.