{"id":340606,"date":"2017-05-11T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1488223"},"modified":"2017-05-11T06:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:02:16","slug":"cannes-film-festival-announces-new-rule-that-could-block-netflix-films-from-participating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/cannes-film-festival-announces-new-rule-that-could-block-netflix-films-from-participating\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Film Festival announces new rule that could block Netflix films from participating"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the first year that Netflix will have movies premiering at the prestigious\u00a0Cannes Film Festival \u2014 and it might be the last.<\/p>\n

The source of the tension is Netflix\u2019s relationship with theaters. Theoretically, the company\u00a0has said it\u2019s not opposed to bringing the movies it funds into theaters \u2014 as long as they premiere on the streaming service at the same time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, that resistance\u00a0to the traditional window\u00a0means most Netflix movies get a minimal or nonexistent\u00a0release in theaters. This, in turn, has made stopped some\u00a0filmmakers<\/a> from selling their movies to the streaming service. (Amazon has been more amenable to a windowed\u00a0release schedule.)<\/p>\n

So when Cannes announced that it would be screening two Netflix films,\u00a0\u00a0Okja<\/em>\u00a0(directed by Bong Joon-ho) and The Meyerowitz Stories<\/em> (directed by Noah Baumbach), the Federation of French Cinemas criticized the decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now the festival\u00a0has announced a new rule, which requires a film\u00a0competing at Cannes\u00a0to \u201ccommit itself to being distributed in French movie theaters<\/a>.\u201d A French law mandates that films can\u2019t be shown on streaming services for 36 months after their theatrical release, and it\u2019s hard to\u00a0see Netflix\u00a0agreeing to wait that long (or at all), so this could effectively block its films from future festivals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Festival de Cannes asked Netflix in vain to accept that these two films could reach the audience of French movie theaters and not only its subscribers,\u201d the festival said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cHence the Festival regrets that no agreement has been reached.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cannes did say that the rule only takes effect next year, so Okja<\/em> and The Meyerowitz Stories<\/em> should screen as planned.<\/p>\n

In response, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted on Facebook<\/a>: \u201cThe establishment closing ranks against us. See Okja on Netflix June 28th. Amazing film that theatre chains want to block us from entering into Cannes film festival competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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