What does the Marché du Film 2026 programme say about the film industry?
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Stephen Follows
1mo ago· 5 min readNews
I gathered every conference session at the Marché du Film over the past three years (742 events, 1,664 speakers) to see who turns up, who walked away, and what the industry wants to talk about in 2026
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