The president of France Television Delphine Ernotte, the president of the Cannes Film Festival Pierre Lescure and his general delegate Thierry Frémaux revealed Thursday March 17 the contents resulting from the new partnership between the public service and the largest film festival.
Speaking first in an exchange of which they have the secret, Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux made a point of discussing the difficulties for two years in organizing the Festival with the pandemic, hoping that it will now be threatened by the conflict in Ukraine, “the post-war festival”.
The president of France Télévisions, Délphine Ernotte, rebounded by confident “dreaming for years” of such a partnership, which the public service has been trying to recover for years. It is now done. There was a time, that of a single public television on the airwaves, where the question did not arise. This return to basics translates into a whole new ambition: the participation of all the channels of France Télévisions in the coverage of the event, for “to bring the festival into every home”. A national ambition, but also an international one, with the collaboration of Brut at all stages of its implementation, thanks to its global distribution on the internet.
France 2 will broadcast the official opening ceremony on May 17 and the closing ceremony with the winners on May 26. The mistress of ceremonies will be Virginie Efira, a very judicious choice, as an actress, but also recently very present in Cannes in the official selection. . The television news will have a daily one, with an 8 p.m. live from Cannes presented by Laurent Delahousse for the closing ceremony. Finally, Télématin will be on site for the duration of the Festival.
France 3 will cover the event from the PACA region on a daily basis. It’s up to you, presented by Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, grants France 5 the rise of the steps, since its aerial take-off is at 7 p.m. The regular Pierre Lescure as a columnist for the show will not be the least of the assets, but at that time, he will welcome the guests at the top of the red carpet. It tonightstill on France 5, will have two on-the-go shows, as well as The Great Bookstore.
Culturebox will replace the confidential TVFestival, which has been covering the event for years, to give everyone access to it on channel 14 of TNT. Daphné Bürki will be the star presenter, with a live daily from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Culturebox will be this new Festival channel, whose programming will be entirely dedicated until 2:00 am.
If France Télévisions will broadcast one or two films related to the festival on its channels every day, France.tv will program collections by director, Palmes d’or, heritage films, and in collaboration with ACID (Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour Diffusion, Festival partner).
The partnership with Brut is at the heart of the system. An internet platform that targets a young audience aged 15-35 via social networks (YouTube, Tik-Tok, Instagram, podcasts, etc.), Brut will have dailies, in particular with the presence throughout of Augustin Trapenard, who will also be on the air on the channels. Brut creates on this occasion a “house of creators” to make meet Internet users with the professionals of the cinema within the framework of their formation with the trades of the 7th art.
The presentation of this line-up ended with the ambition to make this coverage of the Cannes Film Festival by the public service, “popular, accessible and demanding”a “daily fireworks” to use the words of Delphine Ernotte. Thierry Frémaux underlined in this effort, the will of “putting the Cannes Film Festival back at the heart of television”which he and she have lost for years.
In addition, the editorial staff of Franceinfo Culture will cover the Festival with reports, interviews, slideshows and daily reviews of the films screened in world premiere, of the competition and of all the official and parallel selections. With our favorites and rants, summaries and opinions on the final winners.