Cannes Film Market Exploring Spring Virtual Screenings Event

health crisis. It's set to take place July 6-17.Lee is the first Black person to head the Cannes jury, which selects one of cinema's top prizes, the Palme d'Or.Pierre Lescure, president of the festival, praised Lee for his loyalty and spirit.“Throughout the months of uncertainty we’ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us,” said Lescure in a statement.

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Cannes has bowed to industry pressure and will hold its film market — the Marché du Film — in an four-day online-only version in May, ahead of the planned 2021 Cannes Film Festival, scheduled for July 6-July 17. The move was expected after reports that sales companies were looking to set up their own pre-festival market screenings, perhaps together with IFTA, the group which runs the American Film Market.

Spike Lee, who was set to lead last year’s jury for the Cannes Film Festival that was ultimately cancelled by the pandemic, will preside over this year’s jury instead.

Spike Lee will head up this year's competition jury for the Cannes International Film Festival, organizers announced on Tuesday. He had been tapped to head up the jury for the 2020 festival, which ended up getting canceled due to the pandemic.

The Cannes Film Festival said Tuesday that Spike Lee will be its jury president in 2021, one year after he was due to preside over the festival but couldn’t due to its cancellation.

It is truly beginning to feel like we’re in a time loop. It was only a year ago when the Cannes Film Festival announced that Spike Lee would be the Jury President for the film festival.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSpike Lee is set to preside over the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is expected to take place July 6-17. The director and activist will be the first Black president of the festival’s jury.Lee was on track to preside over last year’s festival which was canceled due to the pandemic, and had vowed to return to the French Rivera-set festival if the health situation allowed for it.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market had a successful 2021 online edition with the participation of 12,000 attendees from 131 countries. The industry event, which took place March 1-5, gathered 504 exhibitors — 215 of which were newcomers at EFM — from 60 countries.

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EXCLUSIVE: In what is an ever-evolving picture, Cannes Film Festival is looking to set up a three-to-four day “pre-screenings” event in May or June in response to industry demand.