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After a rule change disqualifying its films from competition, it won't screen anything.
Netflix won't be screening anything at Cannes this year, either in or out of competition. Despite debuting two titles last year, the first streaming provider to do so at the prestigious film festival, the backlash has been significant. The new rule banning any movie from competition that didn't have a theatrical run was a clear message: Streaming content creators weren't welcome.
"We want our films to be on fair ground with every other filmmaker," Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos told Variety. "There's a risk in us going in this way and having our films and filmmakers treated disrespectfully at the festival. They've set the tone. I don't think it would be good for us to be there."
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/11/netflix-will-not-go-to-cannes-after-all/
From TechInsider:For fans of famed filmmaker and actor Orson Welles, the news on Wednesday that Netflix would be pulling the movies it planned to show at this year's Cannes Film Festival — including the world premiere of Welles' infamous final movie[*] — followed the narrative of the legend's complicated career.
[...] Welles' daughter, Beatrice, is pleading that the streaming giant reconsider.
"I was very upset and troubled to read in the trade papers about the conflict with the Cannes Film Festival," Beatrice wrote in an email sent to Netflix head of content Ted Sarandos on Sunday, according to Vanity Fair. "I have to speak out for my father."
"I saw how the big production companies destroyed his life, his work, and in so doing a little bit of the man I loved so much," Beatrice continued. "I would so hate to see Netflix be yet another one of these companies."
[*] The movie is "The Other Side of the Wind"; see: Wikipedia and IMDb.
(Score: 2, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Friday April 13 2018, @02:33AM
I love France, it used to be one of the greatest Countries. And maybe it can be great again. Emmanuel is a very strong leader, very strong hands. Good looking guy, I love shaking hands with him. But I'm the President of Pittsburgh. Not Paris. And Pittsburgh has SO MANY film festivals! The Japanese Film Festival is going on right now. jjffpgh.org [jffpgh.org]
And Cleveland is tremendous, we held the Republican National Convention there. Which I won OVERWHELMINGLY. And they have an International Film Festival. Another one that's going on right now. They call it international because it has films from America and all over the world. clevelandfilm.org [clevelandfilm.org]
Columbus, they've been doing that one since 1952. When our Country was great. But it's a modern day film festival, they have video now. But, no pornos WHATSOEVER.
The Cincinnati Film Festival, that one is failing very badly. But a great leader could turn it around. Maybe when I'm done Making America Great Again I'll take that one over. cincinnatifilmfestival.com [cincinnatifilmfestival.com]
Lots of tremendous options, folks. Why not take a greatcation to beautiful Ohio? The heart of America's film industry!