LOS ANGELES, June 4 — The Cannes Film Festival yesterday unveiled its official 2020 selection of 56 films, with nods for filmmakers Wes Anderson, Francois Ozon and Steve McQueen, despite the physical festival being scrapped this year due to the coronavirus. Originally scheduled for May 12 to 23,...
by Britain’s Steve McQueen, and Japanese director Naomi Kawase’sCannes, labelled the world’s largest movie festival, had only been cancelled once before, with the outbreak of World War II in 1939.“Even though movie theatres have been shut for three months... this selection reflects that cinema is more alive than ever,” it added.
Selection committee members received films via the internet and watched them at home and then discussed them between themselves through messaging.The 2020 selection includes 15 movies by first-time filmmakers — over a quarter of the total — compared to 10 the previous year. While fewer female directors submitted films this year — 532 compared to 575 in 2019 — more were included in the selection.
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