EXCLUSIVE:TheCannesFilm Festival is well known as a place of protest and this year will be no different.
However, this edition, the rebellion is coming from within.
Without the former, its uncertain whether the event could even take place.
Protests over the years at the Cannes Film Festival.Getty Images
The groups frustrations are two-fold.
The second bone of contention is Frances unique unemployment insurance program for entertainment workers and technicians.
The payments are funded through taxes paid by employers.
Justine Triet with a ‘Sous les écrans la dèche’ pin at last year’s Cannes Film Festival (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images).
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.
The Sous les Ecrans la Deche movement has some high-profile supporters.
The group is hopeful that more industry will wear the pin at this years festival.
After one year, were now in a situation where everyone knows we exist and our requests.
We are now hoping we can come to an agreement with our employers.
We have reached out to the festival for comment.
Thats why theyre concerned, another source commented.
Cannes is so important to the French economy.
Itll only be down to Cannes to push for change.
The Cannes Film Festival is well accustomed to demonstrations.
Public demonstrations were later banned during the festival by local officials citing safety concerns.
French festivals are often repositories for political statement.
France itself is of course a common backdrop for industrial action.
Rarely does a Cannes go by without some form of strike impacting travel arrangements.
The Berlin Film Festival was impacted earlier year by a wave of unrest from workers and various political issues.
Andreas Wiseman contributed to this report.
