Foto: 73rd Festival de Cannes © Antonin Thuillier / AFP

På deres hjemmesider www.festival-cannes.com forklares det at grunnet den globale helsekrisen, vil festivalen utsettes. De tar sikte på å gjennomføre festivalen i overgangen juni-juli i år.

«At this time of global health crisis, our thoughts go to the victims of the COVID-19 and we express our solidarity with all of those who are fighting the disease.

Today, we have made the following decision : The Festival de Cannes cannot be held on the scheduled dates, from May 12 to 23. Several options are considered in order to preserve its running, the main one being a simple postponement, in Cannes, until the end of June-beginning of July, 2020.»