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John Landis, Louis Garrel, Ernest Dickerson & Ariane Labed Among 300 Signatories Of Open Letter In Support Of Cannes Workers’ Strike


John Landis, Louis Garrel, Ernest Dickerson, and Ariane Labed are among the signatories.

A growing list of at least 300 international industry professionals, including John Landis, Louis Garrel, Ernest Dickerson, and Ariane Labed have lent their names to a petition in support of a planned strike action by Cannes Film Festival workers during this year’s edition. Other signatories on the petition include Thomas Hakim, the producer behind 2024 Cannes competition title All We Imagine As Light, Belgian filmmaker and two-time Palme d’Or winner Jean-Pierre Dardenne, and veteran French cinematographer Agnès Godard. The extent of the petition comes as we revealed that France ’s main union for people employed in the entertainment and culture sectors – CGT-Spectacle – is poised to give its official support for planned strike action.

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