The Cannes Film Festival is rapidly assembling a contingency plan to keep the festival going. A spokesperson for the festival told Variety on Wednesday that preparations are being made to downsize the event and limit audiences in auditoriums and other festival venues — a strategy that could help the event get around a ban that restricts gatherings to 1,000 people.
While this current ban is set to expire on April 15, Cannes is preparing for a scenario in which it is maintained. One option is to limit seating in the main auditorium where gala world premieres are hosted.
The Palais venue has 853 seats in the orchestra and an additional 1,456 seats on the balcony. However, Cannes’ optimism could be short-lived if the country is placed in
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