Although Link also wanted to become a Film Emperor soon, this trip didn't present much opportunity.
"Midnight in Paris" was invited to the Cannes Film Festival due to its theme, to be the opening film, not because Woody Allen actively sought to participate in the Cannes awards.
For a director, being invited by the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival to screen his work at the opening ceremony is an affirmation and an honor, no less significant than winning the Palme d'Or, and there is no need to participate in subsequent award evaluations.
For Link, however, it meant one less chance to compete for awards.
Of course, he had asked Allen why he didn't just submit to the Cannes Film Festival to win a few awards, which could also help promote the film.
Allen replied disdainfully that he had already won awards at major film festivals in Europe and America, and now that he was older, he wasn't very interested in winning more.