Overview
- Canal+ chief Maxime Saada’s declaration at Cannes that the broadcaster will not work with roughly 600 signatories of an anti‑Bolloré petition triggered industry blowback that grew on Monday.
- Questions over the policy surfaced within minutes of Garance’s press conference on Monday because the competition title is financed by Canal+ and distributed by StudioCanal.
- Jeanne Herry’s Garance earned warm notices for its restraint and for Adèle Exarchopoulos’s performance, with French outlets describing the portrayal as emotionally precise rather than lurid.
- The weekend’s red carpets showcased high‑profile premieres of L’Être Aimé, Paper Tiger and Full Phil, drawing Javier Bardem, Adam Driver, Kristen Stewart, Cate Blanchett and other international names.
- Canal+, a key French backer of local cinema, influences which projects get made, so a blacklist could limit work for signatories and complicate sales and co‑financing during a festival that doubles as a global film market.