‘Poor Things’ Actor Suzy Bemba Says Intimacy Coordinators Provide ‘Greater Freedom’ on Set as 50/50 Launches Industry Workshops in France
variety.comBen Croll Alongside the ongoing push for greater, industry-wide parity, French activist and feminist organization Collective 50/50 will next tackle workplace harassment with a new plan to bolster and expand existing workplace safety workshops, while promoting the widespread use of intimacy coordinators.
Launched in partnership with France’s National Film Board (CNC) and the professional training organization Afdas, the new initiative will expand the reach of existing programs, which mostly targeted producers.
Under the newly announced plan, full casts and crews will receive in-person harassment prevention workshop ahead of production and have access to an ongoing, remote module throughout the shoot.
The workshops would be required for all productions receiving CNC support. The plan was announced at a 50/50 conference in Paris, which brought together activists, festival heads, producers, Netflix executives, social workers, political attachés and actresses like Suzy Bemba (“Poor Things”) and Ariane Labed (“The Lobster,” “L’Opera”), among others.
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