Cannes Film Fest 2020: Cancelled due to Pandemic

April 14, 2020–The Cannes Film Festival, previously postponed due to the coronavirus, said Tuesday that it won’t take place in its originally planned form.

Cannes Film Fest 2020 Doomed? President Macron Bans Events Till Mid-July

The new ban clearly applies to Cannes Film Fest, which will have to be cancelled. Earlier, organizers had been planning to postpone the festival to late June-early July.

Cannes Film Fest 2019: Romanian Porumboiu’s Neo-Noir The Whistlers

After several arthouse features (including 12:08 East of Bucharest, Police, Adjective and The Treasure) that won acclaim at festivals, Romanian writer-director Corneliu Porumboiu is at Cannes this year with a genre feature, a neo-noir titled The Whistlers (La Gomera). Boasting an international flavor, The Whistlers is set not just in Porumboiu’s hometown Bucharest, but also […]

Cannes Film Fest 2020: Event in Danger due to Coronavirus?

In an effort to contain France’s coronavirus outbreak, the country’s health minister extended on Thursday the ban for gatherings of more than 5,000 people in confined spaces to May 31, raising concerns about the next edition of the Cannes Film Fest. France’s ban on large indoor gatherings was first issued on February 29, but it […]

Tribeca Film Fest 2020: Lineup of Premieres, Features, Documentraies

The 2020 Tribeca Film Fest, which runs in Manhattan from April 15 through April 26, has selections from 124 filmmakers representing 33 countries.