Pierre Lescure France tv video film broadway If Pierre Lescure France

Cannes Film Fest Chief “Optimistic” Festival Will Take Place But Will Cancel If Coronavirus Situation Doesn’t Improve; Debunks Insurance Story

Reading now: 277
deadline.com

By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure has given an interview in which he admitted the festival will cancel if the coronavirus situation does not improve in France by next month.

Speaking to local outlet Le Figaro, Lescure said the fest remains “reasonably optimistic in the hope that the peak of the epidemic will be reached at the end of March and that we will breathe a little better in April”.

However, he added that they were “not oblivious” and that if the situation doesn’t improve, they will cancel this edition. He also responded to a story that ran in Variety yesterday claiming the festival had “surprisingly declined” an insurance policy to cover itself for epidemics a couple of weeks

Read more on deadline.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA