A mini Cannes Festival 2020 will take place on the Croisette

The team of “Hors Normes” at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 (Illustration) -

A jury and a few stars who will climb the steps to present their film.

Canceled in May due to a pandemic, the 2020 Cannes Film Festival will take place on the Croisette, but in October and in an ultra-reduced version, the organizers and the town hall announced on Monday.

"We hoped, it's decided, the Festival will be present in Cannes in this very special year 2020," they explained in a press release.

Scheduled from Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 October, this edition will allow the general public to discover "four premieres of films from the 2020 Official Selection".

Special # Cannes2020: the Festival returns to the Croisette!

From October 27 to 29, the general public will discover 4 previews and the short films and school films of the Official Selection!

An exceptional edition organized with the @villecannes!

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- Cannes Film Festival (@Festival_Cannes) September 28, 2020

Kad Merad and Sandrine Kiberlain on the steps

“The event will open with 

 by Emmanuel Courcol with Kad Merad, in the presence of the film crew, and will end with the preview of the

 by Bruno Podalydès, in the presence of the director and

the film crew. 

'main actress Sandrine Kiberlain', specify the organizers.

Asa Ga Kuru

(True Mothers) by Japanese director Naomi Kawase, as well as Georgian revelation Dea Kulumbegashvili's debut film

(In the Beginning) will also be screened.

A jury, whose composition will be unveiled soon, will also reward “the short films selected in competition and the school films of the Cinéfondation”.

But the other usual prizes, including the Palme d'Or, will not be awarded this year.

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