Why is Hollywood missing from Cannes?
Key takeaways
- There are no US blockbusters premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5DJw AThe Cannes Film Festival is considered the most prestigious film festival in the world Image: Festival de Cannes Advertisement Hollywood won't be making it to Cannes this year.
- There'll be no red carpet spectacle to rival last year's premiere of "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" or earlier Cannes launches like "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Mad Max: Fury Road."
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
There are no US blockbusters premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this year. So who's snubbing who?
https://p.dw.com/p/5DJw AThe Cannes Film Festival is considered the most prestigious film festival in the world Image: Festival de Cannes Advertisement Hollywood won't be making it to Cannes this year.
The world's most important film festival kicks off on May 12 with a lineup of new movies from some of the most acclaimed filmmakers in global arthouse cinema — Pedro Almodovar, Asghar Farhadi, Pawel Pawlikowski, Cristian Mungiu — but not a single film from a US major studio. There'll be no red carpet spectacle to rival last year's premiere of "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" or earlier Cannes launches like "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Mad Max: Fury Road."