A version of this story about the Cannes film market first appeared in the Cannes issue of TheWrap Magazine
The Cannes Film Festival is ready to get back to normal, but is its market going to do the same?
After 2020’s Marché du Film took place virtually and 2021’s edition drew smaller in-person crowds because of COVID restrictions, the industry is eager to get back in the swing of its usual festival business: making package deals, locking up pre-sales on indies in international territories and identifying the next art-house event movies that will lure audiences back to cinemas.
If it happens, that could mean a robust market for competition films and as-yet-unannounced packages.