Cannes 2021: Wes Anderson, Sean Penn to headline return of festival

Heavy hitters such as Italy’s Nanni Moretti, who won in 2001, returns with ‘Tre Piani’, while a handful of young directors will be in the official selection for the first time

Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” and Sean Penn’s latest outing will be among movies vying for the top award at the Cannes Film Festival in July, as the cinema showcase plots a red carpet revival and coronavirus restrictions ease up. . The world’s biggest film festival, usually held in May on France’s southern coast, was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, and postponed to July this year, when it hopes to be able to welcome travellers.