Cannes unveils their official selection for 2020

Martin Dale ContributorOne of Latin America’s biggest genre propositions, the Latido Films-sold “Virus 32,” from Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernandez (“You Shall Not Sleep”), was unveiled Tuesday on the A Demain Cannes market platform.The $1 million pic is a 50-50 Argentina-Uruguay co-production between Aeroplano, run by Sebastian Aloi, and Mother Superior Films, run by Hernandez and Ignacio García Cucucovich.In addition to subsidy support from Argentina and Uruguay, the horror-thriller has

Christopher Vourlias Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for Cannes Official Selection title “Sweat,” Magnus von Horn’s follow-up to his Cannes Directors’ Fortnight player “The Here After.”The film follows three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zając, a social media celebrity who has hundreds of thousands of followers.

Christopher Vourlias As part of its annual showcase of documentary filmmaking, the Cannes Film Festival has unveiled a full program during this year’s virtual Marché du Film that will offer documentary professionals a dedicated platform to network and a tailored slate of industry events.From June 22-26, Cannes Docs will recreate the popular Doc Corner strand of previous festivals with an online documentary showcase that includes virtual exhibitors, curated selections of docs-in-progress,

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParis-based sales company Totem Films has unveiled a teaser for “Gagarine,” a feature debut by Fanny Liatard and Jeremy Trouilh which is part of Cannes’ Official Selection. Totem Films will be hosting two virtual market screening at Cannes’ online Marché du Film that kicks off on Monday.

Coronavirus and the potential for a second wave of COVID-19 has officially caused both the Coachella Music Festival and Stagecoach Music Festival to be cancelled.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Coachella Music & Arts Festival and its sister country music festival Stagecoach, which had originally postponed its spring dates because of the coronavirus outbreak, are officially canceled. The order came down Wednesday evening from the Riverside County (CA) public health officer.The two SoCal events, must-attends on the music fest calendar, had in March decided to postpone their dates to October as COVID-19 became a global health crisis.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAmid the health crisis, Cannes’s virtual Marché du Film has rejigged Cannes Docs as a digital-only event giving feature documentary film professionals access to tailored program of events on a dedicated platform. Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi will be the special guest of the 5th edition of Doc Day.

Sheffield Doc/Fest, one of Europe's biggest documentary events, has announced the lineup for its 2020 edition, which is mostly taking place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than a hundred films, 115 to be exact, from 50 countries are taking part in the event, including 31 world premieres.

The much-awaited Cannes Film Festival which happens around May every year was cancelled this year owing to the Coronavirus pandemic. Indian celebrities like , , and others who usually walk the red carpet for brands also did not get to put down their best fashionable foot forward.

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Pixar’s “Soul,” Wes Anderson’s star-packed “The French Dispatch” and Steve McQueen’s “Mangrove” and Lover’s Rock” are among the 56 movies which will receive a Cannes 2020 label as part of the festival’s eclectic Official Selection.

The selections for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival have been announced despite this year’s live event being cancelled.

«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.

PARIS — Director Wes Anderson’s latest outing, a debut turn behind the camera for actor Viggo Mortensen and an animated Pixar movie about jazz would have starred at this year’s canceled Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Wednesday.

A bit earlier today, in lieu of the actual fest (canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, of course), the Cannes Film Festival announced what their Official Selections would have been. Of course, these movies won’t actually be playing at Cannes, but they will be showing at other festivals around the world over the next handful of months (barring a resurgence of COVID-19, obviously).

After weeks of “will they or won’t they?” the Cannes Film Festival was recently officially canceled due to COVID-19.