Netflix will not bring any films to this year’s Cannes film festival after a new rule change.
In an interview with Variety, the company’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, said Netflix will not change its release strategy after Cannes insisted competing titles at the festival receive theatrical distribution in France.
Sarandos called the decision “completely contrary to the spirit of any film festival in the world”.
Last year, Netflix brought Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories to the Croisette, which led to protests from French cinema owners.