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International Insider: Cannes Looms Large; BAFTA TV Awards Build Up; Olympics & Eurovision Latest


The Cannes Film Festival, the BAFTA TV Awards and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games feature in this week's International Insider.

The rumors come amid a fresh #MeToo wave in France, sparked by actress and filmmaker Judith Godrèche’s decision to speak up about sexual abuse she says she suffered as a teenager at the hands of director Benoît Jacquot. The speculation may come to nothing but an article by the French newspaper Le Figaro last weekend headlined ‘#MeToo: before the Cannes Film Festival, the cinema industry is in a cold sweat’ has sent the local rumor mill into overdrive. The unscripted market has never felt worse to many we speak to, and the brutal state of play was outlined this morning when Stewart broke the news Objective Media Group indies Betty and Triple Brew would be consolidated, with job losses likely.

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