“ Anora ” director Sean Baker , who is at the Red Sea Film Festival as the head of the international jury, commented on the industry’s most burning current topic while speaking at the Jeddah-based event: Netflix agreeing to buy Warner Bros. , including its film and TV studios, its gaming business, HBO Max and HBO.

The director said he “doesn’t think any of us should be commenting until we all know how [the deal] is going to play out,” but that “filmmakers have to put our foot down” when it comes to preserving three-month-minimum theatrical windows.

“We should not be reducing theatrical windows, we should be expanding [them],” he added. “This is how the filmmaker wants you to see his film, and everybody else can wait for it. My next film, I don’t care what happens, I’m gonna get a

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