A collective of cinema workers has called for strike action during the Cannes Film Festival, which begins on 14 May. The call for strike action concerns all employees of the Cannes Film Festival and its parallel sections, with the aim of disrupting the event without jeopardising its opening or running

Projectionists, programmers, press officers and other key occupations have voted in favour of strike action. These professionals, faced with increasing insecurity in their seasonal jobs, are demanding the status of intermittent entertainment workers.

They are also critical of recent unemployment insurance reforms, claiming that most of them will be forced to give up their trade. Despite their demands, no concrete proposals have so far been put forward by the relevant authorities.

The 77th Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to run from 14 to 25 May, will welcome around a hundred films and thousands of festival-goers. However, this industrial action could disrupt the event, recalling the shortened 1968 edition, when figures such as Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Claude Lelouch were involved.