Cannes 2020 won’t go ahead in physical form

Despite growing concerns about the global pandemic, an industry that’s still in lockdown, and festivals being canceled left and right, the 2020 edition of the Telluride Film Festival will still go on as planned over Labor Day weekend.

By John Hopewell

What cinephiles have missed most this spring are the cries of “hon hon hon!” — the bitchy sound of French laughter — bellowing from the Côte d’Azur.

The organisers of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which will not go ahead in physical form this year, have announced that they will announced the official selection for the festival at the beginning of June.

Perhaps even more important than actually screening your film at the Cannes Film Festival (which is a great honor and pretty damn important itself) is the badge given to filmmakers to add to marketing materials calling your feature an “Official Cannes Selection.” Well, the French film festival understands this and is planning on unveiling its 2020 selections in a week. But before that, according to Variety, we know some of the films that are expected to be given the selection badge.

By Elsa Keslassy

Listen to a playlist of music by the eight finalists below

By Andreas Wiseman

By Todd McCarthy

France’s 2020 Annecy Festival, the highest-profile animation gathering in the world, has unveiled its main Feature Film competition and major Contrechamp sidebar.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

The show must go on — but not in Cannes, France. At least not this year. As has occurred only a few times in its history, this year's Cannes Film Festival — which would have been its 73rd — was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. 

By Nancy Tartaglione

By Elsa Keslassy

By Tom Grater