At the initiative of Cyril Dion, around twenty professionals of the seventh art signed a forum in The world calling on the community to take more control of the subject of climate change.
Juliette Binoche, Gilles Lellouche or even Dominik Moll followed the initiative of Cyril Dion. They are about twenty to sign a platform in The world to denounce the censorship of which the environmental activist of Last Renovation was the victim, Friday February 24 during the Cesar Ceremony.
“A priori, few viewers and even fewer Ahmed Sylla and Léa Drucker, who animated the sequence and were not informed of the cut, did not understand what it was about”, they write. When Nina, the 24-year-old activist took to the stage at the Olympia, Ahmed Sylla and Léa Drucker were about to present the César for best short fiction film. The antenna was cut, leaving viewers in front of a music video. The young woman was evacuated and the ceremony resumed without further explanation from the organizers.
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According to the signatories of the tribune, “French cinema is still incredibly timid in taking up this subject (ecology)”. If during the ceremony, the war in Ukraine, whose sad anniversary took place on February 24, support for demonstrations against the oppressive regime in Iran, or even pensions and violence against women were discussed, no one took talk about climate change.
«No offense»
“This is not serious. We understand that this intervention took everyone by surprise and that there are procedures for set invasions. But if we don’t want this type of intrusion during the Caesars, let’s plan to talk about the subject. And above all, let’s act”they plead in The world. The subject here: according to the latest IPCC report, “to stay below 1.5°C of global warming, humanity still has 761 days.”
The same evening, Ahmed Sylla was arrested on Twitter by the Franco-German journalist Nils Wilcke. He lamented that the “little middle” of the cinema “not seeing the climate catastrophe”. The actor quickly apologized for his nervous laughter.I didn’t know what she was campaigning for, that’s all, no offense.
For her part Léa Drucker, published a long tirade on Instagram. “The viewers should have been informed when the live broadcast resumed of what had just happened and of the action claimed”, she explains. Adding that she herself was not informed of the “cause that Nina came to defend”. The actress also states that she offered to speak to the activist, which she refused.