Updated 12.15pm Cesto: The Cannes Film Festival’s closing ceremony aims to go as planned tonight despite power losses across much of France.
“Currently, power outages are affecting Cannes and the surrounding area,” the festival’s statement said. screen.
“The cause of the outage has not yet been identified at this stage. Recovery efforts are underway.
“Palais des Festivals will be switched to independent power sources, allowing all scheduled events and screenings, including the closing ceremony, to proceed as planned and under normal conditions.
“However, screenings at Cineum have been temporarily suspended and will resume as soon as power is restored.”
Despite the blackouts affecting the Alpes-Maritime region, independent power to Palais meant events such as a press conference for Kelly Reichardt’s competitive title The mastermind Starring Josh O’Connor went as usual.
Festival attendees reported that Wi-Fi and escalators were up and running within Palais.
However, power has been generated at several major hotels along the Croisette, such as Majestic and Gray Dalbion.
Original Story:
The city of Cannes suffered a full loss of power today (Saturday, May 24th) ahead of tonight’s film festival awards ceremony.
Citywide power has disappeared shortly after 10am Sesto, including the screening room, with several festival attendees reporting that they have stopped screenings during screening.
The internet is also across the city, with outages extending all the way to the town of Antibes, 10km away. The regional division of French broadcaster France 3 has posted a video of a powerless parking lot about the X outage.
Reports have come in suggesting that power has recovered in some screening rooms.
The closing and awards ceremony of the film festival will be held tonight at the Paredes Festival, starting at 18.40 Sesto.
The competition judges, led by Juliette Binoche, will distribute awards such as The Palme D’Or, Grand Prix and the Juju Award.
The blackout is the latest practical issue that has plagued Cannes this year. Last Saturday (May 17th), a palm tree exploded in the Croisette Aisle, causing injury to a Japanese producer.
The outage also occurred four weeks after the mass outages of the adjacent Iberian Peninsula, causing serious problems such as transportation and hospitals in Spain and Portugal.
screen Cannes and the Festival have been contacted for comment
(TagStoTRASSLATE)Cannes (T)Festival (T)France
