Cannes
Film
Festival:
The
ongoing
76th
Cannes
Film
Festival,
which
began
on
May
16,
will
commence
tomorrow.
The
prestigious
event
that
honours
cinema
and
filmmaking
around
the
globe
is
also
synonymous
with
glamour
and
glitz.
While
everyone
eagerly
awaits
to
witness
some
of
the
most
stunning
red
carpet
looks
of
their
favourite
celebs
from
the
event,
it
has
also
seen
some
protests
over
the
years
that
affect
the
world.
For
the
unversed,
the
first
protest
on
the
Cannes
red
carpet
took
place
in
1968,
and
the
festival
had
to
be
cancelled
after
a
week
because
of
the
protests
led
by
François
Truffaut
and
Jean-Luc
Godard
in
solidarity
with
the
student
protest
that
rocked
France
that
year.
Let's
check
out
four
protests
that
took
place
on
the
Cannes
red
carpet
and
how
individuals
have
utilised
this
platform
to
convey
their
messages.
VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
In
2022,
members
of
the
feminist
group
Les
Colleuses
staged
a
protest
with
a
banner
that
highlighted
violence
against
women
in
the
country.
The
banner
also
had
the
names
of
those
129
women
who
died
because
of
domestic
violence
or
were
murdered
by
men.
The
group
ignited
smoke
flares
and
raised
their
fists
while
displaying
a
banner.
Yesterday,
ahead
of
the
screening
of
"Riposte
féministe" by
Marie
Perennès
&
Simon
Depardon,
the
collective
group
"Les
Colleuses"
lit
black
smoke
on
the
red
steps
in
tribute
to
the
129
victims
of
femicide
since
the
last
Festival
de
Cannes
#Cannes2022
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Festival
de
Cannes
(@Festival_Cannes)
May
23,
2022
STOP
RAPPING
US
A
naked
woman
barged
on
the
Canne
red
carpet
in
2022,
protesting
against
the
alleged
sexual
violence
committed
by
the
Russian
soldiers
against
Ukrainian
women.
Her
chest
was
painted
with
Ukraine's
flag,
with
"stop
raping
us" written
on
her
torso
area.
During
the
2018
Cannes
Film
Festival,
around
82
women
marched
together
to
demonstrate
gender
inequality
in
the
film
industry.
Several
celebrities,
like
Cate
Blanchett,
Kristen
Stewart,
Salma
Hayek,
Patty
Jenkins,
and
others,
participated
in
the
protest
to
highlight
the
gender
discrimination
prevalent
within
the
industry.
Taking
part
in
the
protest,
actress
Cate
Blanchett
said,
"Women
are
not
a
minority
in
the
world,
yet
the
current
state
of
our
industry
says
otherwise."
In
2018,
actress
Kristen
Stewart,
who
attended
the
premiere
of
Spike
Lee's
Blackkklansman
in
silver
Chanel
Couture,
hogged
all
the
headlines
as
she
walked
the
red
carpet
barefoot.
#Cannes2018
juror
#KristenStewart
took
off
her
heels
to
protest
the
festival's
'no
flats' policy.
Receives
rousing
response
from
netizens!
She
removed
her
heels
and
climbed
the
red
carpet
steps
with
her
footwear
in
her
hands
while
photographers
continued
to
click
her.
She
did
that
as
a
protest
against
the
festival's
only
heels
rule.