An arson attack and damage to a transmission tower cut off power in the area, the authorities said. The festival’s closing ceremony on Saturday is scheduled to proceed normally.

A power cut in south-eastern France has temporarily disrupted screenings on the final day of the Cannes Film Festival.About 160,000 homes in the city of Cannes and surrounding municipalities lost power on Saturday,

A power cut was reported in the southern French city of France on Sunday, one day after an outage disrupted the nearby Cannes Film Festival. Almost 45,000 households in Nice were affected on Sunday morning due to a fire at a power station,