Cannes Red Carpet Selfies

Festival head declares intention to limit red carpet selfies henry barnes and catherine shoard thu 16 apr 2015 06 40 edt last modified on thu 22 feb 2018 15 53 est.

Cannes red carpet selfies.

We go to cannes to. Selfies on the red carpet in a continuous and touristy way are ridiculous. Thierry fremaux has shaken up protocol at the upcoming cannes film festival eliminating morning press screenings of films before their evening premieres and banning selfies on the red carpet. Since we are not policemen we will trust attendees and their understanding of the situation.

That s the message from top festival official thierry fremaux who says red carpet selfies will be banned. A brief history of red carpet rule breakers at cannes. Each decade a new group of red carpet rebels comes to the festival and decides to do their own thing. Paris france the head of the cannes film festival said friday he was banning selfies on the red carpet claiming they caused unwanted disorder before premieres.

Thierry fremaux tried once before to ban the ridiculous and grotesque practice at the world s most prestigious film festival in 2015 before backing down. Red carpet selfies are off. Tragically the cannes red carpet selfie has now gone the way of the pastel le clic disc camera. A certain elegance discretion.

Anyone walking up the red carpet to a cannes premiere last year had to pass a scary sign that said pas de selfie et de photo sur le tapis rouge merci anyone who tried to snap.