Cannes Toasts Jerome Paillard
variety.comPierre Lescure said at a packed farewell cocktail on Monday to Jerôme Paillard.Many will share Lescure’s sentiment. The drinks party was meant to be a farewell.
It also served as a homage.For 27 years, Paillard has run the Cannes Marché du Film, overseeing and powering its extraordinary growth.
When he started, in 1995, it welcomed 2,000 delegates. That figure hit 12,500 in 2019.Now, however, the Marché du Film executive director is stepping down, handing over its reigns to Guillaume Esmiol at the end of this year’s 75th Cannes Film Festival. “You leave behind a market in excellent health which has already pre-empted the arrival of digital and is walking on two legs, both physical and virtual.
You launched this movement and many will follow in your path around the world at other festivals,” Lescure said.In hi own speech, Paillard made sure to thank his team, as well as his wife, but also those who happened to change the course of his career.“All of that started when I was working as a music producer in a record company, Erato, which was a subsidiary of Gaumont.
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