Some 8,000 producers, sales agents, distributors and investors from 93 countries have registered for Cannes' Marché du Film, the deal-making side of the Cannes Film Festival, which opens next week, the Marché announced today (Monday). The figure represents an 8 percent increase in attendance over last year and a 40 percent increase since 2003. The burgeoning number of film professionals has resulted in the festival's decision to install three additional screening rooms -- bringing the total to 12 -- to host a record 1,600 planned screenings.