Cannes Director Addresses Hollywood Studios' Festival Participation Concerns
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux commented on Hollywood studios' decreasing presence at film festivals, suggesting that their reduced participation in Cannes reflects a broader trend.
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Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup (Updating Live)
The 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival will favor the auteurs this year, with Nicolas Winding Refn, Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Paweł Pawlikowski, Laszlo Nemes and Ryusuke Hamaguchi among the directors expected to premiere new films on the Croisette. After a 2025 edition which had a large Hollywood presence with “Mission: Impossible — The Final […]
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Read full article →Did Cannes Just Confirm Hollywood Studios’ Growing Fear of Film Festivals?
"When the studios are less present in Cannes, they are less present full stop," said Cannes director Thierry Fremaux at the top of the lineup announcement on Thursday.
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Read full article →Thierry Frémaux Addresses Absence of Studio Films In Cannes: “The Last Five, Ten years Were Very Quiet”
One of the talking points around the Cannes Film Festival’s 2026 edition is the absence of big U.S. studio titles making their way to the French Riviera this year. The U.S. is represented instead by Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love in Competition; Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death At Camp Miasma and Jordan Firstman’s […]
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Read full article →No Italian directors competing for the Palme d'Or at Cannes
(ANSA) - ROME, APR 9 - No Italian directors will be competing for the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, organisers said Thursday. There are no Italian directors competing for the Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. However, one film is expected to be added to the official competition selection, announced General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. (ANSA). Read article...
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