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Biggest French Cinema Producer's Blacklist Threat Could Recall Hollywood 'McCarthyism'

Summary by France24
It's an earthquake rocking the world of French cinema. The head of France's biggest film producer, Canal+, said that the group would no longer work with 600 industry professionals who signed a petition against right-wing billionaire owner Vincent Bolloré. The petition called people to mobilise against "the growing grip of the far right" on the film industry under the influence of Bolloré – an accusation Saada has called "an injustice toward the …

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French cinema has 600 names on a blacklist. Drake has done everything to get rid of the publisher, even if it means releasing three albums at once.

·Portugal
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The shocking decision of Canal+'s boss to boycott the signatories of an anti-Bolloré stand shook the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.

·Montreal, Canada
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The text denouncing "the grip of the far right" on French cinema crossed the bar of 1,200 signatories on Monday.

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Billionaire Vincent Bolloré has built up a media empire to spread far-right ideas. 600 filmmakers have now turned against ideological influence on films.

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Can French cinema shoot without Canal+? Back on the envelope and the designs of the main private financier of the seventh art, at the time of the opening of a blacklist, as his CEO put forward in response to the petition.

·Paris, France
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Mediapart broke the news in Paris, France on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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