Cannes is planning to jointly present films with the Venice film festival, which is due to begin on 2 September.
He added: “Under the circumstances, a physical edition of Cannes 2020 is hard to envisage, so we’ll have to do something different …
The Cannes film festival appears to have halted any plans for a physical edition for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but is aiming to sponsor screenings at other festivals and cinemas of the films that would have been selected for the festival.
Cannes has also appeared to resist calls to go down the digital route and construct a “virtual” festival online.