'Camp Miasma' Opens Cannes With Anderson, Einbinder
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- Jane Schoenbrun's "Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma" opened Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar, starring Anderson as Billy, a reclusive 'final girl' from an 80s slasher franchise, and Einbinder as Kris, the queer filmmaker hired to revive it.
- Gillian Anderson had a 'panic attack' rewatching the film's climactic blood scene in a cinema, recalling the physical challenge of 'not drowning' in liquid during filming.
- Hannah Einbinder, in her first feature film role after "Hacks," said the film's themes of 'liberation from shame and embracing desire' impacted her personally and felt 'almost therapeutic.'
- Einbinder addressed distributor Mubi's controversy over accepting funding from Sequoia Capital, which has ties to the Israeli military, saying 'there's a lot of dark money in Hollywood' while vowing to 'continue to speak and advocate for a free Palestine.'
- Einbinder noted Hollywood streaming services are 'now controlled by some of Trump's biggest donors,' framing it as a question of 'leftists artists' responsibility' at the intersection of art and commerce.
- Anderson deflected questions about returning for Ryan Coogler's 'X-Files' reboot, calling it 'such a good question that I refuse to answer.'
Why it matters: The film's Cannes debut crystallizes the tension artists face when their distributor's funding sources become a political liability — Einbinder publicly distanced herself from Mubi's Sequoia Capital ties while still promoting the picture. For Anderson, the role marks a return to cult-fandom genre work as Coogler's 'X-Files' reboot hovers, though she refused to engage.
