Antonio Banderas, May 25, 2019 in Cannes. - LOIC VENANCE / AFP

The Cannes Film Festival will not be held "on schedule" from May 12 to 23 due to the coronavirus epidemic, but could be postponed to a later date, its organizers announced Thursday evening in a press release.

Due to the health crisis and the development of the French and international situation, the Festival de Cannes will no longer be able to take place on the dates planned, from May 12 to 23. More info # Cannes2020 👉 https://t.co / peLmfw0gQW pic.twitter.com/SVWPasvU23

- Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) March 19, 2020

“Today, we have made the following decision: the Cannes Film Festival cannot be held on the dates scheduled, from May 12 to 23. Several hypotheses are being studied in order to preserve their progress, the main one of which would be a simple postponement, in Cannes, at the end of June - beginning of July 2020, "the press release said.

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