The protests lead to the creation of the Etats généraux du cinéma Francais , a committee of film-industry workers who wanted more freedom to make films and less control by the Centre national de la cinématographie . At a May meeting attended by Rivette , the committee called for a strike by film-industry workers and a shutdown of the 1968 Cannes Film Festival in solidarity . Rivette called Truffaut at Cannes with the news , and Truffaut , Godard and other directors stopped the festival . In Paris , the Etats généraux du cinéma Francais organised mass street protests as part of the May 68 protest movement
1968 Cannes Film Festival
1968 Cannes Film Festival
Jacques Rivette