Lo mkhosi wesibili weCannel wamemezela ngasikhathi sinye ngokudluliswa kwezinsuku. Umkhosi wefilimu bekufanele uhambe ngoMeyi 13 kuye ku-23, kodwa ngenxa yobhubhane lweCoronavirus, usuku lwadluliswa. Usuku olusha alikachazelwa, kuhlelwa ukuthi umkhosi uzobanjwa ngasekupheleni kukaJuni noma ekuqaleni kukaJulayi walo nyaka. Isitatimende esisemthethweni senkonzo yabezindaba sithi:
Asikhohlwa izisulu ze-Covid-19 futhi sisekela bonke abalwa nalesi sifo. Namuhla kunqunywa ukuthi umkhosi weCannes Film Festival ngeke udlule ezinsukwini ezihleliwe. Sibheka izinketho eziningana ukuthi zingasekela kanjani ikhathuni. Okulula kwazo ukuhanjiswa okulula kwamasonto ambalwa. Lapho nje isimo eFrance nezwe sizosivumela ukuba senze isinqumo, sizomemezela izinsuku ezithile.
Kucatshangwa ukuthi izinsuku eziqondile zizokwakhiwa igama lesigamu sesibili ka-Ephreli. Ngesikhathi sokuba khona komkhosi weCannes Festival, wakhanselwa kabili kuphela. Isikhathi sokugcina - ngo-1950 ngenxa yobunzima bezezimali.
Ngenxa yenhlekelele yezempilo kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwesimo sesiFulentshi nezamazwe aphesheya, umkhosi de Cannes ngeke esakwazi ukwenzeka ngezinsuku ezihleliwe, kusukela ngoMeyi 12 kuya ku-23. Imininingwane engaphezulu # Cannes2020. ? https://t.co/pelmfw0gqw. pic.twitter.com/svwpasvu23.
- Umkhosi De Carnenes (@Festival_Cannes) Mashi 19, 2020
Abagqugquzeli bomkhosi wokukhangisa "amabhubesi eCannes" balungiselelwe okuphuthumayo okungcono. Umkhosi wawunawo izinsuku eziyisipele uma kwenzeka izimo ezingalindelekile. Futhi manje kubikwa ukuthi "amabhubesi amabhubesi" adluliselwa kulezi zinsuku. Ekuqaleni, umkhosi bekufanele uhambe usuka ku-22 kuye ku-26 Juni. Manje kuzokwenzeka kusuka ngo-26 kuya ku-30 Okthoba. Njengoba kubikwa ekukhishweni kwabezindaba, lesi sinqumo savunyelwana neMeya yeCannes, abaphathi baseFrance, abamele abaphathi bezempilo kanye nabalingani bomkhosi. UPhilip Thomas, usihlalo weBhodi Yabaqondisi be- "Cannes Lviv", uthe:
Isimo emhlabeni sinamandla futhi sishintsha ngokushesha. Sabona sengathi isinqumo kufanele sithathwe ngokushesha okukhulu. Sizoqhubeka nokusekela oxhumana nabo namakhasimende ethu futhi sazise amasu ethu.