France Imposes 7-Day Quarantine On UK Visitors; Could Affect Cannes Attendees

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Another early morning, another early announcement from France. As promised by the organizers previously, new titles have been added to the Cannes Film Festival, nine of them in total.

Kanye West and model Irina Shayk may be dating! While the rumours of their alleged romance have been making the rounds for the last few weeks, it was considered baseless gossip, until now! Now, a source recently spoke about the duo’s alleged brewing romance and the duo was even spotted vacationing together in France! According to reports via Page Six, the 44-year-old rapper was spotted in France on vacation this week with the 35-year-old model. The two celebs were seen walking around a luxury

After taking a year off due to COVID-19, Cannes’ Critics’ Week, the parallel side-bar part of Cannes that focuses on first and second films by emerging filmmakers, is back and has revealed its line-up. The head of the jury for the 60th edition of Semaine de la Critique, as it is known in France, will be led by Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu, and it’s a very French-heavy line-up.

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After a pandemic-induced delay of 14 months, cinema is returning to la Croisette. The 74th Festival de Cannes will finally take place this July, and we now know what films will join the previously announced titles “The French Dispatch,” “Annette,” and “Benedetta.” And if you’re fans of filmmakers such as Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Asghar Farhadi, François Ozon, Mia Hanson-Love, Justin Kurzel, Jacques Audiard, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, you should be very excited.

The French government has published further details of its plans to reopen for travel this summer, with a traffic light system coming into effect on June 9 that will classify countries as green, orange or red.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCannes president Pierre Lescure gave some reassurance to international industry executives, talent and journos who have been holding their breath since earlier this week when the French government announced some tighter measures for visitors from the U.K. Lescure said he expects the government to unveil special instructions for those accredited for the festival within the next 36 hours.

After a pandemic-induced delay of 14 months, cinema is returning to la Croisette. This July the 74th Festival de Cannes will finally take place and we now know what films will join the previously announced titles “The French Dispatch,” “Annette” and “Benedetta.” And if you’re fans of filmmakers such as Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Asghar Farhadi, François Ozon, Mia Hanson-Love, Justin Kurzel, Jacques Audiard, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul you should be very excited.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWith the Cannes Film Festival just over a month away, France has unveiled more details around how U.K. visitors can expect to enter the country amid rising cases of the so-called Indian variant.

The French Ministry of the Interior has identified its so-called “compelling reasons” that would allow travelers from the UK to enter France. As of today, there is no specific exemption for entertainment business professionals, raising further questions as to how this might affect folks wanting to attend the Cannes Film Festival which runs from July 6-17.

quarantine when travelling to the likes of Spain and France later this summer. The EU launched its 'EU Digital Covid Certificate' today, which it hopes to implement for travel across the bloc from July 1.

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