Cannes, May 24 -- The city of Cannes was hit by a five-hour power outage on Saturday morning ahead of the film festival's awards ceremony, with electricity finally returning around 3:30 p.m. local time.

Despite the technical challenges, a festival rep previously told that the closing ceremony would "proceed as planned" after the Palais des Festivals "switched to an independent power supply," reported Variety.

According to Franceinfo, the cause of the outage may be foul play with two arson acts reported overnight and several power lines pylons were discovered to have been sawn off in the Alpes-Maritimes.

Karin Topin-Condomitti, director of services at the Cannes city hall, said the local government was still trying to determine whether ...