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Venice Freelance Press Corps Decries Lack Of Talent Access & Warns Of Boycott For Films Not Doing Junkets
There’s growing discontent over the decision by some big productions not to offer interview opportunities outside of the main press conferences.
There’s growing discontent among its ranks over the decision by a handful of big productions – such as Pablo Larraín’s Maria and Luca Guardagnino’s Queer – not to offer wider interview opportunities outside of the main press conferences. The letter explained that getting interviews with big name stars was part of a virtuous circle that enabled film journalists to also give coverage to emerging filmmakers and actors. Eventually the protest could involve the festivals themselves, which risks seeing the departure of hundreds of accredited journalists and publications and where the commentary on films and the opinion of their authors will be left to artificial intelligence.”
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