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Jacques Audiard, Audrey Diwan Among French Filmmakers Calling Out U.S. Directors’ Attack on European Regulations: ‘Our Policies Should Not Serve as Scapegoats’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Jacques Audiard is one of the French directors who has signed an open letter calling out the DGA's attack on Europe's content regulations.
The filmmakers who signed the open letter — also including Cedric Klapisch and Stephane Demoustier, who have their latest movies playing at Cannes — argue that France’s “proactive cultural policy” and regulations are responsible for the country’s healthy theatrical market, which has Europe’s largest number of cinemas. While the French filmmakers vowed to see France “remain a land of refuge and creation for stories in all their diversity,” they ended their letter suggesting their respective representatives meet at the Cannes Film Festival to “pursue this discussion and build a united front.” We believeit would be incorrect to attribute this solely to foreign taxes or legislative policies:Hollywood strikes, studio decisions to move productions abroad, majors opting to scaleback investments, inflationary environment, and a global post-Covid market contractionmay also explain this decline.
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