The renowned Cannes Film Festival was hit by a significant power failure on Saturday morning, causing disturbances just before the grand finale. The power outage occurred just before the final ...

The city of Cannes was hit by a five-hour power outage on Saturday morning ahead of the film festival’s awards ceremony, with electricity finally returning around 3:30 p.m. local time.

Widespread French power outage shuts down Cannes Festival theater, closing ceremony expected to continue By Katherine Donlevy Published May 24, 2025, 8:32 a.m. ET ...

Julia Garner attends the red carpet for the opening ceremony and “Partir Un Jour” (Leave One Day) screening at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 13, 2025 in ...

Heidi Klum poses on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony in Cannes, France on May 13, 2025.

Updated with power restoration at 6.49 am PT… Power has been restored in Cannes following a five-and-half hour outage on Saturday which brought chaos to the town but did not impact the film ...