Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch has urged the industry not to panic about US threats to impose a 100 per cent tariff on films made abroad, ahead of the opening of the 78th edition of the annual gala.\u201cAt this stage, it\u2019s still too early to gauge any potential impact,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope, however, that the global film industry won\u2019t be paralysed by caution and uncertainty.\u201dThe threat of tariffs \u2014 which executives have warned could freeze overseas production \u2014 comes on top of other external pressures on filmmakers, she told the Financial Times.\u00a0\u201cThe industry remains fragile after the shocks of Covid-19, labour strikes, and the recent Los Angeles wildfires. Yet the film sector has always shown remarkable resilience and adaptability in the face of changing circumstances.\u201dHollywood is returning to strength after this disruption, according to Knobloch, whose confidence in the industry has been boosted by studios turning back to cinemas as audiences returned after the pandemic.\u00a0\u201cIf you see what\u2019s happening at the box office now, Hollywood is back,\u201d she said. \u201cHollywood has always reinvented itself. And I think we\u2019re seeing this slowly happening.\u201dKnobloch will open the film festival on May 13. It has attracted blockbuster launches such as Tom Cruise\u2019s latest Mission Impossible, alongside a slate of independent films that are up for its prestigious awards. Robert De Niro will receive the honorary Palme d\u2019Or for lifetime achievement at the opening ceremony.Cannes is \u201cthe best of cinema,\u201d Knobloch told the FT. \u201cEvery single movie deserves to be there.\u201dThe festival received entries for a record 2,909 feature films from 156 countries this year, with about a third made by women. For the main competition, 21 films have been selected. In 2024, Cannes titles earned 31 Oscar nominations.Selected movies this year include Rebecca Zlotowski\u2019s Vie Priv\u00e9e starring Jodie Foster, Tarik Saleh\u2019s Eagles Of The Republic, Wes Anderson\u2019s The Phoenician Scheme, Richard Linklater\u2019s Nouvelle Vague and Thierry Klifa\u2019s The Richest Woman In The World.Knobloch pointed to a new commitment to showing movies first in the cinema after a period when streaming was a higher priority. \u201cWhat is reassuring is that there\u2019s a return to the belief in theatrical,\u201d she said.This year\u2019s festival opens as the French film industry deals with its own, belated attempts to address the sort of #MeToo scandals that have already hit Hollywood.\u00a0A report by French politicians last month said that sexual violence and harassment were \u201cendemic\u201d in the country\u2019s entertainment industry. A Parisian court will this month deliver its verdict in the trial of French film star and Cannes veteran, G\u00e9rard Depardieu, who has been accused of sexual assault. He has denied the charges.Knobloch, a former top executive at Warner who has recently had her tenure at the festival extended, is its first female president. She said that the festival had taken on recommendations from the politicians\u2019 report but added there was \u201cstill a lot of work to be done\u201d.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s really one of my priorities,\u201d she said, \u201cwhere I feel I should and can promote female talent and visibility.\u201dMany of the films last year were about the \u201ccondition of women in society\u201d, she said, pointing to Anora, Emilia P\u00e9rez and The Substance. This year, there was less of a clear thematic trend, she said, but the seven female directors in the main competition equalled the record number set last year.\u00a0\u201cI personally, as the first female president, believe that this is an issue that is important, that the festival has to take seriously and that the festival will continue to take seriously. In France, it has happened later than in the US, but you have to go through these moments to create this awareness for the next generation.\u201dShe said that there was no sign of a change in how cinema was tackling social and cultural themes, despite Donald Trump\u2019s wide-ranging attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion initiativesKnobloch highlighted the power of films to tell important messages, pointing to the success of The Zone of Interest, a film about the life of Auschwitz\u2019s commandant, which premiered in 2023 at Cannes.\u00a0Knobloch\u2019s mother, Charlotte Knobloch, is a Holocaust survivor and prominent Jewish community campaigner in Germany.\u201cFilms have always been resistant to any kind of political or other pressures,\u201d she said. \u201cFilms are hugely important in carrying messages. Filmmakers will always speak their own truth.\u201dDuring her time at Warner, Knobloch brought the award winning 2011 silent movie The Artist to the festival for its world premiere.Some executives have warned that Cannes has lost some of its prestige in recent years and is at risk of being undermined by rival events in Venice and Toronto. Knobloch, a former lawyer who has worked across the entertainment sector, has brought industry expertise as well as a deep book of contacts, according to former colleagues.She said that the strength of film festivals such as Cannes lay in promoting movies that otherwise would stay niche, pointing to the global success of Anora. \u201cYou always should worry about your relevance. How can we keep the next generation engaged? You bring in the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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