A
report
by
Deadline
states
that
Cannes
will
announce
its
2020
Official
Selection
on
Wednesday,
June
3,
in
Paris,
after
cancelling
the
73rd
edition
last
month
due
to
the
Coronavirus
pandemic.
The
special
lineup
of
selected
films
will
be
featured
at
other
film
festivals
under
the
title,
Cannes
2020.
Earlier
this
week,
Pierre
Lescure,
President
of
the
Festival
de
Cannes,
and
Thierry
Frémaux,
the
festival's
General
Delegate,
announced
that
the
lineup
will
be
revealed
at
the
73rd
live
edition,
on
Canal+
at
6
pm
local
time.
The
live
announcement
will
be
followed
by
revealing
the
selection
through
the
Cannes
film
festival's
website
and
across
its
social
media
handles.
Deepika
Padukone
At
Cannes
Red
Carpet
Every
year,
the
event
reportedly
takes
place
in
at
the
UGC
Normandie
in
Paris.
The
films
featuring
in
the
lineup,
will
be
awarded
the
Cannes
2020
stamp
of
approval
for
the
release
in
cinemas,
and
will
be
screened
at
fall
film
festivals
Toronto,
San
Sebastian,
Busan,
New
York,
and
others.
Meanwhile,
the
online
Marché
du
Film
will
be
held
from
June
22-26.
Priyanka
Chopra
And
Nick
Jonas
At
Cannes
Red
Carpet
Earlier,
Frémaux
had
announced
that
Spike
Lee's
Netflix
film
Da
5
Bloods
will
not
be
a
part
of
the
lineup
this
year,
as
he
is
set
to
chair
the
jury.
Some
other
upcoming
films
that
are
anticipated
in
the
lineup
are,
Wes
Anderson's
The
Last
Dispatch
and
Apichatpong
Weerasethakul's
Memoria.
Kangana
Ranaut
At
Cannes
Red
Carpet
Apart
from
Cannes,
many
other
film
festivals
and
music
tours
and
events
like
Met
Gala
2020
have
been
cancelled
over
the
course
of
the
past
few
months
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
While
some
countries
have
managed
to
report
no
fresh
cases
in
a
few
days
like
South
Korea,
Germany
and
others
are
still
fighting
the
deadly
virus.