Arts24 - French Media Tycoon Vincent Bolloré Casts Shadow over Cannes Opening
The letter warns that full ownership would concentrate financial power and give Bolloré control over 3,000 screens, signatories said.
- On Tuesday, 600 French film professionals signed an open letter in Libération opposing right-wing billionaire Vincent Bolloré's plan to acquire full control of UGC, France's third-largest cinema chain.
- Through Canal+, Bolloré currently holds a 34 percent stake in UGC, with announced plans to achieve full ownership by 2028, prompting critics to denounce his "tentacular and ideological" hold over the industry.
- The group known as "Zapper Bolloré," including actresses Juliette Binoche and Adèle Haenel, warns the deal creates an "unprecedented concentration" of financial power, enabling him to control the entire film production chain.
- Timed with the 79th Cannes Film Festival opening, signatories leverage the international platform to oppose what they describe as a "fascist takeover of the collective imagination" within French cinema.
- This backlash follows a protest last month when more than 100 writers quit the Bolloré-owned publishing house Grasset, accusing the billionaire of promoting "reactionary and far-right" ideas within his media assets.
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arts24 - French media tycoon Vincent Bolloré casts shadow over Cannes opening
As the 79th Cannes Film Festival opens on the Croisette, politics is competing with glamour for attention. Hundreds of figures from the French film industry have signed an open letter warning about what they describe as the growing influence of the far right within French cinema and media. At the centre of the controversy is French billionaire and media tycoon Vincent Bolloré, owner of Canal+, the powerful television group that plays a major rol…
Juliette Binoche, Adèle Haenel, Swann Arlaud Protest Billionaire’s Bid for French Cinema Chain UGC as “Fascist Takeover”
600 French film professionals signed a letter opposing right-wing mogul Vincent Bolloré's plan to take control of France's third-largest cinema chain.
A forum published before the Cannes Film Festival accuses Vincent Bolloré of threatening the independence of French cinema via Canal+, Vivendi and UGC.
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