Despite a new rule about theatrical releases in France and filmmaker Andrew Dominik really hoping “Blonde” would debut at the event, it appears 2022 will be another year where Netflix skips the Cannes Film Festival.
According to Variety, Netflix isn’t expected to debut any new films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The last time the streaming service was at Cannes was back in 2017 with “Okja” and “The Meyerowitz Stories.” However, after French theatrical exhibitors became outraged when Cannes debuted those films, the festival included a new rule that would basically ban streaming films from playing in competition unless they followed the French rules for theatrical distribution.
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