Cannes Red Carpet Protests Include Woman In Ukraine Dress Covered In Fake Blood, Anti-Surrogacy Group In Rare Show Of Defiance This Year
deadline.comThe Cannes Film Festival red carpet is usually accustomed to protests and demonstrations. Last year there were multiple. This year, policing has been beefed up and local authorities have banned demonstrations anywhere near the Palais as France grapples with violent anti-pension reform protests.
However, a couple of protestors have still managed to make themselves heard on the tapis rouge, even if the media pickup has been limited.
On Sunday night, ahead of the screening of French movie Acide, an unnamed women wearing a dress in the colors of the Ukrainian flag doused herself in fake blood, seemingly in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The woman was quickly jumped on by officials and escorted away. The episode was posted to Twitter by multiple sites and accounts, including the below footage culled from AFP:Woman at the Cannes Film Festival red carpet wearing Ukranian colored dress pours fake blood on herself pic.twitter.com/x9EgPvQnG9 Meanwhile, last week the feminist activist group SCUM interrupted the red carpet for Catherine Corsini’s film Homecoming.
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