“The Moment Is Serious”: L’ARP Closes Its 2025 Meetings with a Call to Defend Cultural Independence

At the close of the 35th Rencontres Cinématographiques de L’ARP, the French filmmakers’ collective issued a powerful communiqué.

A rallying cry for creators to defend the independence of cinema and culture in the face of mounting political, economic, and technological pressures.

“The moment is serious,” begins the statement, si…