With the Cannes Film Festival all but canceled, the pressure now mounts towards Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival, both scheduled for September. Unlike Cannes’ anti-streaming stance, the two major fall festivals have been more lenient towards Netflix and other streaming platforms. Will they go digital? It’s looking more and more likely …
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Read moreCannes 2020: France Bans All Festival Gatherings Until Mid-July ...
Listen, I really want Cannes, still the greatest and most prestigious film festival in the world, to take place in June or July or whenever the Cannes committee’s dated plans are veering towards, but, let’s be realistic here, the chances are getting slimmer by the day that the festival will happen this year..
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Read moreCannes Film Festival Says Earliest Date For Cancellation Would Be April 15th
As of print, France was going through a total shutdown all non-essential public spaces amid the coronavirus outbreak, imposing closures on everything except Grocery stores, Pharmacies, Banks, Gas Stations and, of course, Tobacco stores, because the chain-smoking French can't go without their cigarettes. Covid-19 Coronavirus cases have risen significantly enough in the last 24 hours that a total shutdown was inevitable. And, remember, France also shares a vast and important border with Italy, which has been hit hard, very hard, by the pandemic.
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Cannes President “Optimistic” Fest Will Take Place If Epidemic Reaches Its Peak in March
The Cannes Film Festival has been defiant these last few weeks, what with an impending cancelation looming large over the fest, due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus. The organizers have been continuing on with their work. There even was an April 16th announcement set forth to reveal the lineup for the 2020 edition. Otherwise, word has been hush-hush around the campfire over Cannes’ fate.
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Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.