Canal+ CEO threatens to blacklist 600 artists who warned of Bolloré's 'fascist takeover' of French cinema

The CEO of Canal+, France's largest film production group, announced the company will cease working with hundreds of artists who signed an open letter warning of Vincent Bolloré's growing influence and his 'far-right reactionary project.' The letter, published last week coinciding with the Cannes Film Festival opening, was signed by over 600 artists including actress Juliette Binoche, photographer Raymond Depardon, Franco-Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, and director Arthur Harari, co-writer of Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall. The signatories denounced that by 'leaving' (the text continues) the group to Bolloré, a far-right billionaire, French cinema faces a 'fascist takeover.' The CEO's response effectively blacklists these artists from future collaboration with Canal+.