French cinema faces reckoning as media mogul Bolloré blacklists stars for daring to challenge him
The fallout is highlighting some uncomfortable truths about the industry's reliance on one company. Chairman Maxime Saada said on Sunday that he no longer wanted Canal+ to work with the hundreds of industry professionals who had signed a petition accusing billionaire Vincent Bolloré, the main shareholder of Canal+, of leading a far-right "civilisational project". "I saw that petition as an injustice towards the Canal+ teams, who are committed to defending Canal+'s independence and the full diversity of its choices," Saada said on the sidelines of the festival on Sunday.
- ▪The fallout is highlighting some uncomfortable truths about the industry's reliance on one company.
- ▪Chairman Maxime Saada said on Sunday that he no longer wanted Canal+ to work with the hundreds of industry professionals who had signed a petition accusing billionaire Vincent Bolloré, the main shareholder of Canal+, of leading a far-right
- ▪"I saw that petition as an injustice towards the Canal+ teams, who are committed to defending Canal+'s independence and the full diversity of its choices," Saada said on the sidelines of the festival on Sunday.
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Advertising Home France French cinema faces reckoning as media mogul Bolloré blacklists stars for daring to challenge him Analysis France France's film industry is reeling after its biggest film financier – Canal+, whose main shareholder is right-wing billionaire Vincent Bolloré – announced it would no longer work with some 600 professionals who signed a petition opposing Bolloré and the "grip of the far right" on cinema. The fallout is highlighting some uncomfortable truths about the industry's reliance on one company.
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