Good afternoon Insiders,MaxGoldbart here penning the weekly mailer a day after Cannes revealed its long-awaited lineup.
Read on for all the details and plenty more, and sign up to theInternational Insiderhere.
With 19 competition titles announced, however, six still remains far below that elusive 50% parity mark.
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Progress has been slow.
This years historic cohort includes Senegalese-French director Ramata-Toulaye Sy, who enters Competition with her debut film.
Sy is only the second Black woman to play in Competition after Mati Diop in 2019.
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One eyebrow-turner isThe Idolfrom HBO and A24, director Sam Levinsons series follow-up toEuphoria.
His full interview with Mel can be readhere.
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Whose names didnt we hear?
Notable absentees also included Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, whose inclusion would court plenty of controversy.
AndreasFriday morning analysishad further thoughts and details.
Media vet Evan Shapiro, ITV Studios Ruth Berry and See It Now Studios Susan Zirinsky are helming keynotes.
And if you fancy checking out our scripted Hot Ones, look no further thanhere.
Ill be on the ground reporting from Cannes next week.
Who Needs The HBO?
Only kidding, but not about theMax platform, which will go live in around about a months time.
The new streamer comes armed with a powerhouse of a catalog, featuring HBO originals, Warner Bros.
Films, the DC universe and Discoverys multiple brands.
The significant global demand suggests that Indian consumers worked around the ban, said Parrots Wade Payson-Denney.
The doc continues to have a ripple effect.
Another:A big-budget Alexander the Great docudrama isin the works at Netflix.
Still hot: Louis Therouxs Mindhouseis makinga Columbia space shuttle disaster doc for the BBC and CNN.
Signed up: Oscar-winningAn Irish GoodbyeduoTom Berkeley and Ross Whitesigned with WME and Independent Talent Group respectively.
Tweet-twoo: Elon Musk talked about pretty much everything in ahastily-arranged interviewwith the BBC.
Reorg: Nancy had the latest on Cineworldsreorganization plan.
Setting up shop:Peaky BlindersEP Tommy Bulfin and Apple commissioner Kim Varvell, backed by Banijay.
Setting up another shop: African entertainment heavyweight Jan Du Plessis withPrimedia Studios.
First-look: At Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode inFreuds Last Session.Zac Ntim contributed to this weeks Insider.
