The coronavirus continues to hit the cultural world hard. The 73rd Cannes Film Festival will not be held as planned from May 12 to 23, due to the epidemic, but could be postponed, its organizers announced Thursday evening in a press release. "The Cannes Film Festival will not be able to be held on the planned dates, from 12 to 23 May next. Several hypotheses are being studied in order to preserve their progress, the main one of which would be a simple postponement, in Cannes, end of June - beginning July 2020 ", the statement said.
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The decision to postpone will be taken later
"As soon as the evolution of the French and international health situation allows us to assess the real possibility, we will make our decision known," he said. The decision will be taken in consultation with the State, the City of Cannes as well as the professionals of the cinema, underline the organizers who express their "solidarity" with the people affected by the coronavirus.
The first film festival in the world, Cannes was one of the last major international events not to have made a decision about the future of its next edition, in the face of the coronavirus crisis.