Power outage disrupts "Khan" at the end of its film festival.

The French city of Cannes witnessed a widespread power outage yesterday morning, Saturday, coinciding with the last day of the Cannes Film Festival, due to sabotage of a substation and a high-voltage tower. The public prosecutor's office and local officials reported that the fire that affected the power station in Taneron village, along with cutting off pillars of a high-voltage tower in Villeneuve-Loubet, resulted in power outage for about 160,000 homes in the Alpes-Maritimes region in southeastern France, including Cannes and surrounding towns.

Despite the incident, Cannes Film Festival organizers confirmed that the festival palace immediately switched to an independent power supply system, allowing all scheduled events and screenings, including the closing ceremony, to continue as planned without any negative impact.

Meanwhile, the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture announced the gradual restoration of electricity on Saturday afternoon, with RTE, the electricity network operator, stating that power had been restored to 60,000 homes by 3:30 pm, with work ongoing to complete the restoration in other areas.

The 78th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival concluded its events on Saturday evening, after starting on May 13th, amidst a global cinematic presence and a wide audience, with the sudden power crisis not affecting its programming.