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This method was used by Cantet for ''Entre les murs'', and he returned to it in ''L'Atelier'' (''[[The Workshop (film)|The Workshop]]'', 2017) in which he worked with a group of young people from [[La Ciotat]] on the Mediterranean coast, exploring their present-day problems in a former shipbuilding town which has been radically transformed since its industrial past. Their fictional project in the film shows them collaborating in a workshop to write a novel about their town and drawing on their own experiences to enrich it, mirroring aspects of Cantet's own method in making the film.<ref>Press dossier for [https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/64/181/177472/presse/l-atelier-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf ''L'Atelier''] at unifrance.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021. Archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20180217142012/https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/64/181/177472/presse/l-atelier-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf the Wayback Machine].</ref>
 
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Cantet signed an open letter published in ''[[Libération]]'' demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip]], and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 December 2023|title=Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat|url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/gaza-des-cineastes-du-monde-entier-demandent-un-cessez-le-feu-immediat-20231228_WMAUSVJVLFEBNK4ME4XU3ZRU3M/|newspaper=[[Libération]]|language=fr|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/claire-denis-ryusuke-hamaguchi-kiyoshi-kurosawa-christian-petzold-apichatpong-weerasethakul-more-sign-demand-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/|title=Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza|last=Newman|first=Nick|date=29 December 2023|website=The Film Stage|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=31 December 2023|title=Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-780176|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>
 
== Filmography ==