What could have been: Cannes reveals lineup for cancelled 2020 festival

Pixar's 'Soul' had been one of the movies slated to premiere at this year's Cannes Festival. Photo: Pixar/Walt Disney Studios

From an empty movie theatre in Paris, organisers of the Cannes Film Festival recently announced the list of films that would have played there in May had it not been cancelled by the pandemic.

The selections were an exercise in what-might-have-been for Cannes, the international French festival that for the last 73 years has been one the most prestigious and glitzy annual gatherings of cinema. Cannes, originally slated for mid-May, initially considered postponing to July but ultimately gave up on a 2020 edition.