Joëlle Kerivin, general manager of the renowned French festival La Folle Journée de Nantes, who is also the president of the Espace Simone de Beauvoir in Nantes, has resigned over a financial affair. French media speak of an « audit which has revealed very important cash flow movements linked to advances of salaries and representation expenses, within the two structures and largely superior to the expenses really noticed and justified « , according to the Mayor’s office in Nantes. Joëlle Kerivin occupied the post of general director of La Folle journée de Nantes since 2016.