{
  "id": 6136523,
  "title": "Festival Leaders Confront Growing Political Pressure at Lumiere Summit: ‘We Don’t Judge Artists by Their Passport’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/festival-leaders-confront-growing-political-pressure-at-lumiere",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T12:09:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/lumiere-summit-festival-panel-political-protection-1236853995/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Political pressure on film and television festivals emerged as a defining theme of a panel discussion Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, with Séries Mania general director Laurence Herszberg issuing the session’s most direct call for protection of programming autonomy. “We don’t judge artists by their passport, we judge them by their works,” […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}