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Re:Cannes Will Ban Streaming-Only Movies from Competition by matt_heimer on Friday May 12, 2017 @11:50AM (#14325026)
It doesn't make sense. This applies to all streaming movies, not just netflix. If you are an independent French film maker and you hoped to start a grassroots movement to get your movie considered for competition at the Cannes by providing it free online then you are out of luck.

This seems to harm others more than Netflix. Does an award nomination or win for a Netflix only movie even have a detectable impact on subscription?

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Re:Cannes Will Ban Streaming-Only Movies from Competition by gamblor956 on Friday May 12, 2017 @12:40PM (#14325484)
France has a very different movie industry than the US; most theaters are independent in France so their offerings are far more diverse than the average US chain theater. If an indie French filmmaker can't get their film screened in at least one French theater, then quite frankly it's not good enough to be considered for Cannes and probably not even good enough to justify the time spent making it.
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