French film industry at risk from the far right, say actors and directors

Juliette Binoche joins 600 leading figures to warn against a ‘fascist takeover of the collective imagination’More than 600 cinema figures have said the growing influence of the far right on French cinema production risks turning into a “fascist takeover of the collective imagination”.In an published in the newspaper Libération to coincide with the opening of the , they said the billionaire ’s dominant position in French film production and distribution threatened the independence of the industry.