Streaming films, selfies banned

However, this move clashed with the French law, which mandates a 36-month delay between a movie’s theatrical release and streaming date, the New York Times reported. The rule also requires a percentage of all box office, DVD, video-on-demand, television and streaming revenue to be pooled to fund homegrown films and help finance foreign films, according to the New York Times.

“The festival asked Netflix in vain to accept that these two films could reach the audience of French movie theatres and not only its subscribers,” according to a statement from the festival to the New York Times in 2017. “Hence the Festival regrets that no agreement has been reached.”

Although the new rule effectively bans Netflix and other streaming services from entering their films in the competition, Fremaux said the films can still be selected to be shown at the festival.

In the interview with Le Film Français, Fremaux made another announcement that could send many fans, and even some celebrities, into a full-blown panic: no selfies allowed on the red carpet.

Selfies have been a thorn in the side of the festival’s leaders for years, with Fremaux lambasting them as “ridiculous and grotesque,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

By prohibiting selfies on the red carpet, Fremaux may finally get the reprieve he’s been hoping for.

Fremaux told Le Film Français that the decision to ban selfies was jointly made by him and the festival’s president, Pierre Lescure.

“At the top of the red carpet, the pettiness and the hold up caused by the untimely disorder created by taking selfies hurts the quality of the climbing of the steps,” Fremaux said. “And it does the same to the festival as a whole.” On Thursday’s Good Morning America, Barr said, “It was pretty exciting, I’ll tell you that much. They said, ‘Hold please for the president of the United States of America’ and that was about the most exciting thing, ever. It was just very sweet of him to congratulate us.” She added, “I’ve known him for many years and he’s done a lot of nice things for me over the years. It was just a friendly conversation about work, and television and ratings.

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