UPDATED with festival statement, more detail: Following yesterday’s court decision to allow the closing-night screening of Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Cannes Film Festival organizers today released an official statement on the matter — one that calls out Paulo Branco who had been seeking an injunction.

Gilliam’s labor of love has been the subject of a rights tussle, and Cannes termed moves by Branco a “campaign of attempted intimidation.” It added, “contrary to what the Brancos have continued to claim (among other slanderous attacks and lies), the Festival de Cannes has never placed itself above the law nor has it attempted to force through a decision.” (Read the full statement below.)

The festival “is pleased to see that justice will allow the presentation of this work, whose director surely deserves to see it finally presented to the public.”

Separately today, French film body the CNC confirmed it has granted the official certificate required for commercial theatrical exhibition of the movie. In a statement, the CNC said, “The decision of the judge of the application for interim relief yesterday confirmed that it would be disproportionate to prevent the dissemination of the work because of this conflict, which will be decided definitively by the court,” on June 15.

PREVIOUS, WEDNESDAY 7:39 AM PT: There will be relief on the Croisette today. A Paris court has determined Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote can screen at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19. The passion project for the Monty Python trouper has been decades in the making and recently hit a roadblock on the way to the finish line as Paulo Branco and his Alfama Films sought an injunction to stop the picture’s closing-night gala.

Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux announced the news from the stage of the Debussy in the Palais. “We have won,” he said. Distributor Ocean Films tweeted: “The Cannes Film Festival breaks the spell. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote enters the history of cinema. In all rooms on May 19, 2018.”

The tussle has been over rights to the project. Gilliam first began tilting at windmills in 1989 and started filming in 2000. After a series of ill-fated events, the movie was finally completed last year. The legal wrangle began in 2016 when Branco and Gilliam entered into a contract. But the budget did not materialize and Gilliam found new backers who got the project on track.

In the intervening time, both sides have lodged complaints. Last May, a French court ruled in favor of Branco but said he could not stop the film from shooting. Then last month, an appeals court heard from the parties with the final decision to be delivered June 15.

While there is still a question mark over the ultimate release of the film, the court decision today at least gets Gilliam up the red carpet. Films that screen in Cannes do not require a certificate from local film body the CNC as they are not for commercial purposes, and that was part of the reasoning behind the court’s decision.

Branco addressed the press this afternoon ahead of the decision. Amazon Studios was previously involved in the picture, but Deadline understands that is no longer the case.

Here’s the full Thursday festival statement: