The COVID-19 crisis has felled the world’s premier film festival, the one that draws thousands of people to the French Riviera every May and takes the celebration of the art and business of cinema to a frenzied pitch. The Croisette has fallen silent this year although Marche du Film, the Cannes Film Festival’s dynamic film market, has lined up an online version in late June for the benefit of global film producers, sales agents and distributors.
The cancellation of the 73rd Cannes Film Festival — which was to run from May 12 to 23 &mdash. . .