Even viewing professionals are not machines and sometimes need extra time to complete their daunting task. According to the specialist magazine
Variety
, the Cannes Film Festival will not unveil its selection for its 2021 edition, postponed by the coronavirus from July 6 to 17, Thursday May 27, but Thursday June 3. Thierry Frémaux's selection committee would have received so many feature films to watch that it needs an extra week to do it in good conditions.
Variety
also speculates that the number of titles admitted in official competition will be higher than the usual twenty.
This delay will perhaps also make it possible to convince American distributors and talents to make the trip to the Côte d'Azur.
Last month, the publication
Screendaily
confided that Asian and Latin American professionals were still reluctant to make such a move in view of the uncertainty surrounding the health situation.
Kirill Serebrennikov, Jacques Audiard, Julia Ducournau on the Croisette?
Taking place two months after Cannes, at the beginning of September, the Venice Film Festival intends to offer a 100% physical edition and is perhaps better placed.
The organizers would court the big American studios to make their return to the lagoon.
Venice would like to be the venue for the premiere of
Dune
by Denis Villeneuve, with Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya.
Without waiting for the Cannes Film Festival press conference, two films are already assured of their presence.
The musical
Annette
by Leos Carax, with Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, will open and will find
Benedetta
by Paul Verhoeven in the official selection.
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Otherwise, as usual, the prognosis is going well:
Flag Day
by Sean Penn,
A Hero
by Iranian Asghar Farhadi,
Three floors
by Nanni Moretti,
Titanium
by Julia Ducournau,
In her lifetime
by Emmanuelle Bercot with Catherine Deneuve,
Les Olympics
by Jacques Audiard,
The Flu by Petrov
by Russian Kirill Serebrennikov,
Bergman Island
by Mia Hansen-Løve. Intended for Netflix,
The Power Of The Dog
by Jane Campion on two rival brothers in the great outdoors of Montana is expected to be shown out of competition. American director Spike Lee will be the chairman of the jury, a place he should have occupied in 2020 before the edition was canceled due to the coronavirus.