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Cannes Film Festival Responds to Looming Workers Strike: We ‘Need to Come Together Around the Bargaining Table’
A day after a labor org issued a call for a strike during the upcoming Cannes Festival, organizers have issued a statement.
The statement, signed by the Cannes Film Festival as well as parallel sections Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week and ACID, said they acknowledge the “difficulties faced by some of their staff” due to a reform of the “French unemployment insurance scheme,” and that they “hope that solutions will be found.” The French government is preparing to introduce a new decree on July 1 which freelance workers fear will raise the required number of hours that they must complete in order to seek unemployment benefits. “We wish to emphasize that they are aware of the difficulties faced by some of their staff who, working on strings of contracts for film festivals, are affected by the reform of the French unemployment insurance scheme, and must grapple with a drop in their benefits.
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