The Cannes Film festival won`t let the coronavirus pandemic move it online, the festival director Thierry Fremaux confirmed.
“For Cannes, its soul, its history, its efficiency, it`s a model that wouldn`t work. What is a digital festival? a digital competition? We should start by asking rights holders if they agree”, Fremaux told Variety.
“Films by Wes Anderson or Paul Verhoeven on a computer? Discovering Top Gun 2 or (Pixar`s) Soul elsewhere than in a theatre? These films have been postponed to be shown on a big screen; why would we want to show them before, on a digital device?” said Fremaux, teasing some titles that will be included in the next edition of the festival.
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