“I Am Scared for My Life and My Career”: Cannes Critics’ Week’s Next Step Studio Indonesia and the Same Closed Loop FIW Has Been Warning About
From a country of 285 million, the same handful of names keep resurfacing across labs, juries, co-productions, and Cannes-linked selection pipelines. By FIW staff Film Industry Watch recently received an email from an anonymous industry source about
Alleged Conflicts, Zero Consequences: How Cannes Insiders Stay in Control
By Film Industry Watch Why Festival Gatekeepers Remain Unchecked Despite Alleged Conflicts of Interest Over the past few years, Film Industry Watch has reported on what appear to be alleged structural conflicts of interest inside major international
Cannes Critics’ Week’s “Next Step Studio Indonesia”: A New Pipeline or a New Conflict of Interest?
By Film Industry Watch – October 2025 Thanks to a comment left on a related article we’ve been informed that Cannes Critics’ Week has announced Next Step Studio Indonesia, a filmmaker incubator launching in 2026 that will produce four short
A Voice from Indonesia: A Filmmaker Exposes Feudalism and Fear in the Film Industry
In response to one of our latest articles, an anonymous filmmaker from Indonesia has stepped forward with a harrowing account of how nepotism, intimidation, and “feudalistic” power structures dominate her local film industry. In a candid letter s
Cannes 2025: Anonymous Source(s) Reveal New Conflict of Interest at Cannes (updateS 1,2,3,4,5)
New related post: A Voice from Indonesia: A Filmmaker Exposes Feudalism and Fear in the Film Industry Film Industry Watch recently received the following anonymous email exposing what appears to be another alleged case of conflict of interest in the
Is Nadav Lapid Receiving Full Production Funding from two Countries, Against the Rules?
Thanks to readers contribution we’ve been made aware that Nadav Lapid is probably receiving full production funding as the resident of two countries, against the rules set out by the Israeli Film Funds and Israeli Ministry of Culture. According
Is the Integrity of the European Film Industry Compromised?
Before we delve into the details of this article, we want to remind our readers of a simple yet crucial fact: every year film festivals receive thousands of submissions. The most prestigious ones can receive as many as 15,000 submissions annually.&nb
CASE STUDY: The Concentration of Power, Influence & Control in the European Industry
In the past decade and a half, the European film industry has witnessed the emergence of several key organizations, ostensibly designed as tools to support the film industry and filmmakers. However, a closer examination reveals a more complex narrati
Wim Vanacker & Vassilis Kekatos – a two way relationship dating back to 2018
Thanks to readers contribution, and in an update to Conflict of Interest Taints 2019 Cannes Palme d’Or Award, it has been revealed that the relationship between Cannes’ Selection Committee Wim Vanacker, the 2019 Palme d’Or winner Vassil
Revolving Doors At The Israeli Film Funds Headed by Noa Regev, Film Council member Osnat Bukofzer Alleged Conflict of Interest and more
חברי תעשיית הקולנוע הישראלית שיש להם מידע נוסף על שחיתות בקרנות, במיוחד בקרן רבינוביץ ועל דלתות מסתובבות בין מועצת הקולנוע לתפקידים בקרן
Conflit d’intérêts entache le prix de la Palme d’Or 2019 du court métrage “La distance entre le ciel et nous” de Vasilis Kekatos
Figures clés liées au film grec primé Une révélation surprenante fait surface : de nouvelles preuves suggèrent qu’un conflit d’intérêts a entaché la sélection officielle du Festival de Cannes 2019 pour les courts métrages et le
Questions concerning a Producer working for the selection committee at Cannes
Mélissa Malinbaum holds dual roles that potentially generate an alleged conflict of interest within the realm of film production and festival adjudication. She is a member of the Cannes Film Festival short film committee while simultaneously serving
CASE STUDY – Producer & Festival Decision Maker – Dominique Welinski’s Multiple Conflict of Interests Roles in the Industry
A more recent (May 2025) article about this subject was published here. Dominique Welinski maintains a multitude of influential roles within the film industry, generating a potential conflict of interest. She holds the dual position of curator and pr