Culture remains confined sine die. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Tuesday that museums, cinemas, concert halls and theaters will remain closed after May 11. And any event of more than 5,000 participants will be prohibited until September. Decision which buries the hopes of the festivals of August which will therefore, like their colleagues in July, be canceled.
The only positive note in this bleak picture for the cultural world: the media libraries, libraries and "small" museums will be able to reopen their doors as of May 11 "because they can function more easily while respecting the sanitary rules", specified the Premier Minister during the presentation of his deconfinement plan. "Conversely, the large museums, which attract a large number of visitors from their living area, cinemas, theaters and concert halls, where one stays in the same place in a closed environment, will not be able to reopen, "he said before the deputies.
He also specified that "the village halls, the multipurpose halls will also remain closed until June 1".
Hope in the Seine
The coronavirus has already caused hundreds of millions of losses in the world of culture and is a real disaster especially for the performing arts, a sector with an already very fragile economy. In France, he has already been burned by a month and a half of strike against the reform of the special regimes in December and January.
As for festivals, that of Avignon, the most famous theater event in the world, has already been canceled this summer, as have the major current music festivals such as the Eurockéennes in Belfort, the Vieilles Charrues in Carhaix (Finistère) and the Francofolies in La Rochelle. The Rock en Seine festival, in the Paris region, scheduled from August 29 to September 1 (100,000 spectators last year) is perhaps the last hope of hearing live music this summer.
Cinema on hold
If cinemas remain closed until further notice, the blur still surrounds the Cannes Film Festival. Its general delegate Thierry Frémaux has so far refused to throw in the towel completely, saying that the event could continue in another form. He notably mentioned the possibility of a Cannes alliance with the Venice Film Festival, if the latter could be held in September.
But by then, twenty leading film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlin or Toronto, will participate in a virtual event that will offer free films on YouTube. This “We Are One: A Global Film Festival” festival will be held online from May 29 to June 7 and will feature feature films, short films, documentaries, music and virtual roundtables.
Culture
Coronavirus: How do influencers reinvent themselves in containment?
Culture
François Truffaut's films on Netflix: Choice of daring or security ... Where to start?
- Covid 19
- Museum
- Theater
- Confinement
- Coronavirus
- Culture
- Deconfinement
- Festival
- Cinema