Dominique Boutonnat Florian Zeller Elsa Keslassy International Saïd Ben-Saïd Agnes Jaoui Abdul Malak France film country Platform Dominique Boutonnat Florian Zeller Elsa Keslassy International Saïd Ben-Saïd Agnes Jaoui Abdul Malak France

In the Shadow of May 1968, French Film Industry Stands at Crossroads With Box Office in Crisis

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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Grappling with free-falling theatrical admissions and misplaced blame by exhibitors on so-called “auteur” movies, the leading lights of the French film industry sounded the alarm about the state of the country’s cinema sector during a dramatic and emotional conference.

The jam-packed event on Thursday, called Appel aux Etats Generaux (Call for General Assemblies), was organized by some of France’s most established producers including Saïd Ben Saïd, Judith Lou Levy and Philippe Carcassone, who work frequently with directors Paul Verhoven, Mati Diop and Florian Zeller, respectively.

The conference was held at the Institut du Monde Arabe, a cultural venue headed by Jack Lang, who served as minister of culture throughout the 1980s.

More than 400 people attended the event, including members of the independent distributors guild (DIRE) and the directors guild SRF, the governing body of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.

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