Cannes Will Announce Official Selection in June, but There’ll Be No Physical Edition This Year
Cannes director Thierry Frémaux instead wants to take the films out into the world, across partnering film festivals and at cinemas in the fall. The Cannes Film Festival will announced a revised Official Selection of movies in June, but there will be no physical edition of the festival this year. Instead, delegate general Thierry Frémaux said the festival plans to present the films at partnering film festivals, including September’s Venice International Film Festival, and across cinemas. “As of today, a physical edition seems complicated to organize, so we are going forward with an announcement of films from the (initial Official) Selection at the beginning of June,” a festival spokesperson confirmed to Variety . In a new interview with Screen Daily, published on the eve of when the 2020 edition was supposed to kick off, Frémaux explained that the films highlighted in the Official Selection will be those scheduled for theatrical release between now and spring 2021. “...