The public audiovisual group, which succeeded Canal+ as media partner of the festival for two years, is renewing without major upheaval its system which attracted a total of 28.2 million viewers in 2022 and 34.9 million last year. Among the few new features announced, the arrival of “Quelle Époque”, the weekly talk show piloted by Léa Salamé. On a more anecdotal note, the dog from the film “Anatomy of a Fall”, which won the Palme d’Or last year before making its way to the Oscars, will be back on the Croisette to conduct interviews with stars, dubbed by the voice of comedian Raphaël Mezrahi. The cinema show “Beau Geste”, presented by Pierre Lescure, will also be relocated to Cannes and the managers of France Télévisions have also clarified that it will be renewed next year. France Télévisions will again broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies, the latter being brought forward to 7:00 p.m. The mistress of ceremonies this year is the actress Camille Cottin.
A single shared platform for all shows
The public audiovisual group aims to “interest the French who will not go to Cannes but will have access to films that they would never have seen otherwise”, underlined Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, the director of antennas and programs of France Télévisions, during a press conference. Beyond the broadcasts, a whole program of films is planned, in the group’s vast catalog, on the antennas and its France.tv platform. The public group does not communicate on the investment represented by its partnership with the Cannes Film Festival but emphasizes that the budget remains “at a level equivalent to or lower than in recent years”, with a single technical team and a single shared stage for all emissions.
