Mandatory Credit: Photo by SEBASTIEN NOGIER/EPA/REX/Shutterstock (8835352g) Thierry Fremaux, Pierre Lescure and Isabelle Huppert Features - 70th Cannes Film Festival, France - 23 May 2017 (Front L-R) General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, Mayor of Cannes David Lisnard, Cannes Festival President Pierre Lescure, French actress Isabelle Huppert and staff members hold a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the Manchester terror attack during the 70th Anniversary of the Festival photocall at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 23 May 2017. The festival runs from 17 to 28 May.
Cannes organisers announced on Wednesday that this year’s festival has been postponed to July 6-17, 2021.
Last year, Cannes first looked at a postponement of its 73rd festival and ultimately cancelled altogether due to the pandemic.