By Andreas Wiseman
14.04.2020 - 22:29 / hollywoodreporter.com
The Cannes International Film Festival, previously postponed due to the novel coronavirus, said Tuesday that it won't take place in its originally planned form, but is still exploring options for a 2020 edition. The organizers of the world's most prestigious film festival didn't confirm new dates for the 73rd Cannes Film Festival.
The 2020 festival was originally scheduled for May 12 to May 23, but was postponed due to health concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. There were widespread
.LOS ANGELES — More than 20 film festivals around the world have joined together to stream movies free on YouTube after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered movie theatres and forced the cancellation of annual showcases in Cannes and New York.
By Todd Spangler
The Big Apple has already lost multiple film festivals this year due to the pandemic. The New York Film Festival is optimistic it won’t suffer the same fate, however, and is still very much planning to go ahead in September.
Toronto's Bell Lightbox cinema may be on coronavirus lockown, but the festival staff is busy planning a hybrid version of the 2020 edition.
By Andreas Wiseman
The Coronavirus outbreak has put a halt to almost everything around the world. As countries have resorted to stricter rules for curbing the entire situation and combating the deadly virus, multiple events and occasions have been cancelled to date.
The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as planned in September, with organizers promising to defy the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Nick Vivarelli
By Tom Grater
Various filmmakers across the world look forward to showcasing their content at the highly anticipated Cannes Film Festival every year. This year too, the things were going as planned till the organisers decided to delay the event amid the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic.
The Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday abandoned plans for a postponed 2020 edition in June or July but declined to give up entirely, saying it will explore other options.
By Elsa Keslassy
The festival was initially looking at postponing until the end of June
We’ve just received a press release from the organisers of the Cannes Film Festival. The annual event in the south of France was due to get going in about a month’s time before it was then delayed until at least the end of June due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Now it looks like it won’t happen then either due to the French government outlawing big gatherings until at least July. That means the Cannes Film Festival 2020 dates will have to change once again.
Cannes Film Festival bosses are committed to staging an event to mark 2020 once the coronavirus restrictions have been relaxed, but they insist any gathering will not look like the typical South of France celebration.
«What are next year's Oscars going to look like?» It's a question the industry, awards forecasters and armchair pundits alike have been wondering as release schedules are scuttled and film festivals are canned amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
«What are next year's Oscars going to look like?» It's a question the industry, awards forecasters and armchair pundits alike have been wondering as release schedules are scuttled and film festivals are canned amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.