Robin Campillo, filmmaker: 'I don't see how a blacklist of French cinema could be enforced. Would it even be legal?'
Filmmaker Robin Campillo has joined over 2,000 signatories in an open letter opposing the influence of conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré in French cinema. The letter criticizes the far-right's growing control and Bolloré's consolidation of media power through Canal+. Campillo emphasizes the importance of unity in the film industry ahead of the upcoming presidential election.
- ▪Robin Campillo is a prominent filmmaker known for winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
- ▪An open letter against Vincent Bolloré has garnered over 2,000 signatures from film professionals.
- ▪The letter highlights concerns over the far-right's influence and Bolloré's control over Canal+ and UGC.
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Robin Campillo, in Paris, May 19, 2026. JEAN-MICHEL LAURENT Director Robin Campillo, who won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017 with 120 battements par minute (BPM, Beats Per Minute), is among the latest figures to sign the open letter against conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré, the main shareholder of Canal+. The letter, published in Libération on May 11, now has over 2,000 signatures from film professionals. It denounces "the growing grip of the far right" on French cinema and "an unprecedented concentration of the funding chain in the hands of Vincent Bolloré." Through his media group Vivendi, Bolloré controls Canal+, which has already acquired a 34% stake in the French cinema chain UGC and aims to take full ownership by 2028.
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