Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Paris-based distributor ARP Sélection has snapped up the timely Sudanese drama “Goodbye Julia” for French distribution ahead of its Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere next week. The film, which is Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s feature debut, marks the first feature from Sudan to bow from the Croisette and takes place just before the 2011 secession of South Sudan. In “Goodbye Julia,” two women — one from the North, the other from the South — are brought together by fate in a complex relationship that attempts to reconcile differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities. in an interview with Variety, Kordofani expressed the hope that his film “Can be the start of a movement for reconciliation between all the Sudanese people” in the war-ravaged country.
France Télevision Boss Decries Twitter’s Attempt To Label Media Orgs: “To See An American Billionaire Play With Our Independence Like This… Is Terrifying.”
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France Télévisions President Delphine Ernotte Cunci has entered the fray over Twitter’s bungled move to label public broadcasters as “government-funded”, warning that the incident has wider and longer-term implications for news and information.
“Twitter tried to label all public media in the world as state media and then as government-funded media or public-funded media. But who is Mr Musk to determine whether a media outlet is independent or not isn’t it?” she said in an interview with French financial broadsheet Les Echos over the weekend.
“To see an American billionaire trying to play with our independence like this and define our public space is terrifying,” she added.
The Elon Musk-owned platform began labelling public broadcasters including NPR, PBS, the BBC, ABC, CBC and France Télévisions as “government-funded media” earlier this month.
It has since reversed the policy following protests from broadcasters worldwide that the label did not reflect their status or editorial independence, with some threatening to quit Twitter.
Ernotte Cunci said the incident raised wider and longer-term questions for public broadcasters worldwide and democracy.
“Twitter has retreated because the collective mobilization of public media, from Canada to Australia, has paid off,” she said.
“But that raises the question of the control of our information space. We cannot let American actors, tomorrow Chinese, play like sorcerer’s apprentices with our democracies,” she said.
She added the challenge of providing unbiased, balanced news coverage was growing as Artificial Intelligence played an increasingly bigger role in generating information.
“The possibilities opened up by artificial intelligence to generate false images and videos at
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Eurovision host's pointed dig at Amanda Holden labelled 'iconic' by fans
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Eurovision fans spot host's Amanda Holden 'dig' with barbed languages comment
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Millie Court 'embracing spots and scars' on make-up free holiday with Liam Reardon
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‘Poker Face,’ Starring Natasha Lyonne, Among Competition Titles at Monte-Carlo Television Festival
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‘The View’ Hosts Shared Their Salaries With Each Other to Get ‘Enough Money’
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Laetitia Casta Plays Battered Ex-Wife Accused of Murder in Italian Thriller ‘A Dark Story’; True Colours to Launch Sales in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
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Roman Polanski, 1977 rape victim Samantha Geimer smile for social media snap
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