Editing Cannes Film Festival (section)

==Controversies==
In recent years, a number of gender and sexual controversies have surrounded the Cannes Film Festival. These include "Heelgate" in which numerous female attendees of a red carpet premiere were stopped from entering in 2015 for wearing flat soled shoes instead of [[high heels]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/09/heelgate-and-beyond-13-controversial-cannes-moments/ |title=Heelgate and beyond: 13 controversial Cannes moments |date=9 May 2016 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=5 May 2018 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104806/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/09/heelgate-and-beyond-13-controversial-cannes-moments/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The incident caused numerous female celebrities to wear flat soled shoes or no shoes at all to other red carpet premieres in a show of solidarity and protest.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/controversy-at-cannes-when-the-festival-made-news-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/story-HKP2Y05AqZKQrmZllH0mfM.html |title=Controversy at Cannes: When the festival made news for all the wrong reasons |date=16 May 2017 |work=hindustantimes.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104740/https://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/controversy-at-cannes-when-the-festival-made-news-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/story-HKP2Y05AqZKQrmZllH0mfM.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

As a result of the past sexual controversies and the [[Me Too movement|{{hash}}MeToo movement]] that arose out of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations|Harvey Weinstein scandal]], in 2018, Cannes Film Festival officials announced the creation of a telephone hotline during the festival in which victims could report incidents of sexual harassment and other crimes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/global/cannes-film-festival-to-create-hotline-for-sexual-harassment-victims-report-1202790014/ |title=Cannes Film Festival to Create Hotline for Sexual Harassment Victims (Report) |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=27 April 2018 |work=Variety |access-date=5 May 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104806/https://variety.com/2018/film/global/cannes-film-festival-to-create-hotline-for-sexual-harassment-victims-report-1202790014/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The hotline is in collaboration with the French government.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://en.rfi.fr/france/20180427-cannes-film-festival-open-anti-sexual-predator-hotline |title=Cannes film festival to open anti-sexual predator hotline |date=27 April 2018 |work=RFI |access-date=5 May 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104806/https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20180427-cannes-film-festival-open-anti-sexual-predator-hotline |url-status=live}}</ref>

General Delegate [[Thierry Frémaux]] reportedly "banned" selfies on the red carpet of the festival in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/i-am-so-pathetic-i-took-a-selfie-at-the-red-carpet-at-the-cannes-film-festival/ |title='I am so Pathetic: I Took a Selfie at the Red Carpet' at the Cannes Film Festival=Ikon London Magazine |date=17 May 2017 |access-date=17 May 2017 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104746/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js?ver=5.6.2 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, along with the 70th anniversary events of the Festival, the issue of changing the rules on theatrical screening caused controversy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/movies/cannes-okja-netflix.html |title=Netflix Defends Strategy at Cannes: 'The Culture Is Changing' |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 May 2017 |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104802/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/movies/cannes-okja-netflix.html |url-status=live |last1=Donadio |first1=Rachel}}</ref> In 2018, the enforcement of theatrical screening in France resulted in [[Netflix]] withdrawing their films from the festival.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chiu |first1=Allyson |title=Cannes Film Festival bans Netflix films from competition. Also, no more selfies. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/26/cannes-film-festival-bans-netflix-films-from-competition-also-no-more-selfies |access-date=12 April 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=26 March 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104800/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/26/cannes-film-festival-bans-netflix-films-from-competition-also-no-more-selfies/ |url-status=live}}</ref>