160,000 households in Cannes without electricity – Diepresse.com
The festival palace has its own independent power supply, the award ceremony of the film festival can therefore take place unhindered.
A larger power failure in Cannes also scored the 78th film festival that takes place there. The festival palace has its own independent power supply, so the operation therefore continued normally. However, the film screenings in the « Cineum », a multiplex cinema that are outside the center, were interrupted. In the evening the award ceremony of the film festival takes place. This could go as planned as planned, it said from the festival.
The French power grid operator RTE announced on X that 160,000 households in the southern French city and in surrounding municipalities were without electricity. The power failure occurred at 10 a.m. According to the gendarmerie, there is a night fire at an electricity plant. A spokeswoman said that the fire in the Tanneron community was deliberately laid in the Tanneron community. The spokeswoman could not say whether there is a connection between the incident and the film festival.
Mast falls on high -voltage line
According to French media reports, a mast also fell on a high -voltage line in the morning. The newspaper « Le Parisien » wrote that the mast was strangely inclined at the time. However, it was not yet clear whether the incident has a criminal background.
Teams from RTE and supplier ENEDIS are working to restore the network. When the electricity is back is still unclear, French media reported, citing RTE. The film festival in Cannes are considered the most important film festival in the world in addition to the Filmsnale in Venice. 22 films compete for the golden palm this year. (APA/dpa)
