Cannes Red Carpet Selfies

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.

Cannes red carpet selfies.

W ant to take a selfie on the red carpet during the cannes film festival. A certain elegance discretion. 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.

A brief history of red carpet rule breakers at cannes. We go to cannes to. Red carpet selfies are off. 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.

Tragically the cannes red carpet selfie has now gone the way of the pastel le clic disc camera. 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. Last week organizers announced that taking a self portrait is forbidden festival director thierry fremaux told le film francais magazine that selfies go against what has made cannes reputation. 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.