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Anti-Rape To Domestic Violence, 4 Times When Cannes Red Carpet Was ROCKED With Protests
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 pic.twitter.com/RobTlhcPdY
— 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.
Une activiste SCUM s'introduit sur le tapis rouge du festival de #Cannes2022 pour dénoncer les violences sexuelles infligées aux ukrainiennes dans le contexte de la guerre.#cannes2022redcarpet pic.twitter.com/cGEJDghD2k
— SCUM (@scum_officiel) May 20, 2022
GENDER GAP PROTEST
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."
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Women take over the #Cannes2018 red carpet to demand equality in the film industry. pic.twitter.com/gUXAo8zJiR
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2018
BAREFOOT WALK ON THE RED CARPET
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!
— Surendhar MK (@SurendharMK) May 15, 2018
She was attending the premiere of #SpikeLee's #BlacKKKlansman. pic.twitter.com/WRXZxp8ca7
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.
