“It’s vital for the survival of the festival”. Emmanuel Chevreul founder and coordinator of the film festival Mamers in March which will take place from March 21 to 23, says he is very worried. Subsidies allocated by the Region represent 30% of the event budget. “We have been working on the selections for quite some time, the visuals are ready or almost ready, we have already incurred expenses. If we lost all subsidies, the future of the festival would really be called into question“. Like him, other figures in the cultural sector in Sarthe and Pays de la Loire are feeling the blow after Christelle Morançais' announcement. The president of the regional council has announced that she wants to achieve 100 million euros in savings on the 2025 budget (5% of the Region's budget) which will be debated and voted on in mid-December. “A difficult decision, but one that I consider essential given the budgetary crisis our country is going through.” explains the boss of the Region on the social network X. Christelle Morançais who wants the community to refocus on its skills and priority projects and “make operational savings to preserve our ability to invest in the essentials: our jobs, the future of our youth, the transitions of our economy“.
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“A real budgetary attack” – Richard Le Normand, director of the Les Affranchis à la Flèche festival
This is much more than what the State is demanding, which has asked the regional councils to reduce the amount by 40 million euros. This Monday, 3000 people, mainly from the cultural sector and a few elected officials, expressed their opposition in Nantes in front of the Hôtel de Région. “It's a real budgetary attack“admits Richard Le Normand, director of the Les Affranchis street arts festival at la Flèche. If the next edition will indeed take place next summer”because we do not depend only on the region and fortunately in the context. But the event will certainly be planed, unless other complementary means are found. Obviously, compensation by communities is very complicated. I have debates with my city, obviously. They don't even know yet the budget they will have for 2025“.
A online petition was launched to protest against the reduction in cultural subsidies planned in the next budget of the Regional Council. It has already been signed by more than 41,000 people. Among the signatories, well-known names of artists and professionals from the Pays de la Loire, such as the singers Zaho de Sagazan, Philippe Katerine, Jeanne Cherhal, Dominique A, Elmer Food Beat or the actress from Sarthoise India Hair.
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