Thierry Fremaux ‘sure’ Cannes film fest in July will be in-person

LOS ANGELES, USA, April 15 ------ 'A film festival is about being together, fighting each other about a film, being in the same room and in two hours, critics decide the destiny of a film,' he says. “We are sure that Cannes will take place in July,” declared Thierry Fremaux, director of Cannes Film Festival in our recent video conversation. Thierry vowed that the world’s most prestigious film festival, which he has led since 2004, will go live, in-person from July 6 to 17 this year.

He said in reference to the coronavirus pandemic which has impacted the world and forced the cancellation of many major live events, “We will have all the film festivals, which have been canceled, back. We can go back to the normal life by being there.” The COVID-19 health crisis shut down the film fest on the Croisette last year. The only other time that the Cannes fest was canceled was in 1968 due to nationwide student riots, in which cinema gods Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut participated.

Started in 1946, Cannes Film Festival attracts filmmakers, producers, movie distributors, exhibitors and cineastes from around the world. Cannes, through the late Pierre Rissient, helped push Philippine cinema in the international scene when it championed Lino Brocka’s films, beginning with Insiang, which starred Hilda Koronel, Mona Lisa and Ruel Vernal. Insiang was the first Philippine film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

Source: rappler.com