Cannes Film Festival Spent Over $1 Million for COVID Testing to Hold Event in Person: Report
Masked onlookers at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.Photo: VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty The 2021Cannes Film Festivalwas a major in-person success despite the ongoingCOVID-19pandemic. Varietyreports that the event in France spent more than $1 million to test some 28,000 people in attendance, without any cost to the attendees. Anyone from the European Union who showed proof of vaccination was able to opt out of testing, according to the outlet. “It was a wonderful festivaland an exceptional one as well,” Cannes Artistic Director Thierry Frémaux toldVarietyafter the 11-day celebration of film wrapped on July 17....