This story about the Cannes Film Festival first appeared in TheWrap’s special digital Cannes magazine.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival, which begins on Tuesday, takes place in July, not May, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is still affecting everything. Here are some of the ways in which the 2021 Cannes will be unlike any of the 73 festivals that preceded it.
Fewer people
The festival and the Marche du Film market have estimated that 20,000 people will attend this year’s festival, about half the number who normally attend.
More people
Unlike the festival’s usual mid-May slot, July is peak season for tourists in the south of France.