Cannes Film Festival Postponed Amid Coronavirus Fears

By Nancy Tartaglione

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The news was inevitable but the 2020 Cannes Film Festival has been postponed from mid-May until late June, early July, according to an official release from organisers. The news comes after the French government banned public gatherings of more than 100 people late last week.

When it comes to film festivals, everyone follows Cannes’ lead, which is why it’s curious that the influential French event, originally scheduled to unspool from May 12-23 this year, waited more than a full week after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic — and two weeks after the French government banned public gatherings through the end of May — to announce that it would not take place as originally planned.

Over the last 73 years, the Cannes Film Festival has often been billed as the world’s biggest and most glamorous celebration of the movies. But this year, it was poised to make history.

The 2020 edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been postponed by the organizers owing to the Coronavirus crisis which has gripped almost every country in the world. Speculations were already rife about the prestigious film festival getting canceled in the wake of COVID 19 scare due to the fear of infection and now the reports have turned out to be true. The mega event was originally scheduled to be held from May 12 to May 23, 2020, in France.

France’s Cannes Film Festival, arguably the world’s most prestigious film festival and cinema’s largest annual gathering, has postponed its 73rd edition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 73rd Cannes Film Festival has been postponed over coronavirus.

The Cannes Film Festival has officially been canned by the coronavirus.

The Cannes Film Festival has been postponed.

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