The strike is on.
Potential strikers include festival projectionists, press officers, and admin staff.
The group has yet to confirm how long or when their strike action will happen.
Cannes Film Festival protest on stairs of Palais.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images.
The groups strike action is the result of two central issues.
The second bone of contention is Frances unique unemployment insurance program for entertainment workers and technicians.
Due to unique regulations, many workers at French film festivals are excluded from the unemployment benefit.
Instead, they are hired and handed flat short-term contracts.
The collective is campaigning to now be included in the scheme citing the inherent seasonal nature of the work.
Deadline has reached out to the festival for comment.
Cannes runs May 1425.
That is why the upcoming opening of the Cannes Festival is leaving us with a bitter taste.
