The Cannes Film Festival will proceed as scheduled. “Nothing has changed our end,” a spokesperson for the famed festival told the Guardian. “The festival staff are currently working.
The festival heads are liaising with the city hall of Cannes and the prefecture, and will take all the mandatory measures to follow the legislation.” Cannes is scheduled to begin on May 23.
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The latest announcement comes after Thursday’s ban on public gatherings of more than 5,000 people in an enclosed space until the end of May.
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