Cannes2020 Chief Thierry Frémaux talks BlackLivesMatter, Netflix, Venice, his own future & why “Winds of change are in the air”
was set to herald Netflix’s return to the red carpet. As a Special Screening, naturally, as Spike was the President of the Jury. We were so thrilled for him. Netflix was proud to have produced the film, and we were proud to be screening it, and that meant discussions with Ted Sarandos and Scott Stuber were extremely swift. Writers’ privilege! This would also have been an opportunity for me to show Netflix that Cannes doesn’t begin and end with films that are in Competition.
DEADLINE: I believe there are two black filmmakers among the 56 films announced for the Festival . Does Cannes need to do more to improve the platform it affords black filmmakers?: Again, we had some incredible African films, where the directors ultimately decided to postpone until the 2021 Selection. And yet again, we can only work with the films we are sent. We only ever select films for their artistic value, and that’s why we’re now seeing a new generation emerge.
Cannes’ Camera d’Or has been awarded to Jim Jarmusch, Mira Nair, Jafar Panahi, Naomi Kawase and Steve McQueen, as well as a number of filmmakers who then vanished into thin air. Let’s see what happens, and the critics can judge these young filmmakers’ potential for themselves. The takeaway lesson here is also that almost half of the directors in this category were women.
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