Overview

• On July 9, Sophie Dulac announced that the 14th edition of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival will be the last, ending the event founded in 2012.
• Dulac attributed the cancellation to staff unrest, the progressive closure of key Champs-Élysées cinemas and limited financial support.
• Investigations published by Le Monde and Libération described an “anxiogenic climate,” instances of censorship and an allegedly abusive dismissal at Maison Dulac Cinéma.
• Competition juries led by Alice Winocour and Jonathan Millet withdrew two days after the festival began in protest of the reported workplace practices.
• Maison Dulac Cinéma will recruit a new executive director to replace its embattled general director and Dulac has pledged to maintain support for independent film through her cinemas and distribution business.