Venice Film Festival, warning “cinema journalism is at risk of extinction” if studios and publicists continue to keep them at arm’s length.
While stars and filmmakers including Cate Blanchett and Sigourney Weaver are participating in red carpet appearances and press conferences — along with a handful of select interviews with top media outlets — the bulk of journalists attending the fest have been denied access to big name talent.
They have now penned an open letter to the industry warning them that the situation is becoming untenable. An open letter has already collected the signatures of 50 journalists who have decried the lack of access at Europe’s top festivals.
As well as Venice, the letter also points to Cannes and the Berlinale as equally unsupportive of film and entertainment journalists, many of whom are freelance and rely on an exclusive quote to get a story published.
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