Freelancers at the Cannes Film Festival, supported by French labor organization Lesécransladèche (breaking behind the screen), are planning to hold protests for the second consecutive year.

Last year, a small group of workers protested against their working conditions, including a rooftop demonstration during the opening evening. From screeners to drivers and catering waiters, hundreds of workers gathered at the festival, the sous lesécrans ladèche, which said the actions resulted in negotiations to propose a new collective agreement to protect a new collective agreement to protect the livelihoods of the free soldiers in films and TV shows, but during the six-month discussion, people were honored. Unemployment Insurance Regulations.

France has a unique system that allows free workers in the film and television industry to receive benefits or compensation during unemployment. These benefits are only available for those who work for a certain hour of the year. But the system has been threatened in recent years after the French government cut the amount of compensation paid to workers by half.

“The purpose is to define a list of roles eligible for the Intermittent Worker Program, which can be included in … unemployment insurance plans to enable our profession to escape the instability caused by the unemployment insurance reform in 2021,” the organization wrote in its statement. “So we call on all workers to mobilize again because if we cannot make a living from our profession, what is the future of the festival?”

Celine Petit is a senior CGT official based in Nice type The group is supporting Sous lesécransladèche and calls on as many workers as possible to attend the watershed of the opening night. While protests around the palace by the mayor of Cannes have been banned, a demonstration began near Hawaii City Hall and planned to end on the red carpet. Petit suggested that more action could be taken besides the protests.

Prior to the festival, organizers sent a memorandum to all staff that detailed guidelines for social media use and dealing with the media and urged them to maintain “certain political neutrality in communication with festival events.” Despite reports of other suggestions, organizers told type This particular language has nothing to do with Sasse Leslan Decchi or other matters related to labor.

High-profile supporters of the movement include French film producer Justine Triet and Indian film producer Payal Kapadia, who both wore red dowels on the organization’s red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival premiere in 2023 and 2024, respectively. It is worth noting that Kapadia participated in the Cannes jury this year.