Following the ouster of Ibrahim Maalouf, we learned from the press that the actress and director Maïwenn was removed from the presidency of the jury of the 50th Deauville festival.
France Télévisions – Culture Editorial
Published on 30/08/2024 16:47
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The festival of movie theater American of Deauville has not yet started, but controversies surrounding its organization have already taken precedence over the program of the 50th edition which will take place from September 6 to 15, 2024. At the heart of the debate, the composition of the jury, including thea new director of festival, hears Hesbert, Who succeeds has Bruno Bard, had excluded the musician Ibrahim Maalouf. On August 28, we learned in the magazine The Point that the actress and director Maïwenn had in turn been removed from the presidency of the jury in mid-June.
Of the the 5 June, Bruno Took place, the old one director of festival, had request has Maiwenn of take the head of jury. This decision, validated in internal, a summer Ultimately contested little After the departure of Bruno Barde. The festival him preferred Benoit Magimel, appointed on July 17. The director hears Hesbert then spoke to the daily newspaper on August 28 West France (paid link). “I would first like to clarify that I will officially take up my duties on September 1st. So I did not participate in an eviction decision. What I know is that Maïwenn was never officially appointed president of the jury.“
According to information from West Francethe actress would have been contacted by Bruno Barde unofficially.Following the departure of Bruno Barde, whose remarkable cinematographic work I salute here, the team has chosen to resume the official and definitive composition of the jury“, specifies Aude Hesbert.
In the newspaper The TribuneAude Hesbert had explained that the trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf was also no longer part of the jury. He was ousted due to a “unease in the team“in connection with the #MeToo wave.”It is not up to me to judge, punish or condemn, but the presence of Ibrahim Maalouf was becoming more and more problematic for the smooth and peaceful running of a festival that is celebrating its 50th anniversary, which is also my first edition and which I wish to carry with clarity and transparency.” she explains in an interview with the newspaper.
“The Deauville festival sacrifices an innocent on the altar of the supreme principle the show must go on for commercial interests“, regretted her lawyer, Me Fanny Colin, in a message sent to AFP. In turn, the resigning minister responsible for gender equality, Aurore Bergé, warned on Wednesday August 28 against “the stigma of suspicion“after the decision of the Deauville American Film Festival to exclude Ibrahim Maalouf, acquitted in 2020 in a case of sexual assault on a minor.
