CANNES Film Festival was once the Mediterranean jewel in Hollywood’s crown, with elite, A-List stars desperate to get an invite to the coveted red carpet premieres. But my insiders who headed over to the film festival told me it now resembles something you might find for sale on Temu: cheap, tacky and lacking any real substance. 13 Film insiders are furious at the growing 'tackiness' of Cannes Film Festival due to the increasing presence of reality stars like Ekin-Su Culculoglu from Love Island Credit: BackGrid 13 Molly-Mae Hague has also been spotted there at the event, even though it is traditionally considered fairly classy and exclusive Credit: Alamy “Cannes has become a circus,” my disgruntled film insider told me from the Marriott Hotel, where actors like Kevin Costner and Zoe Saldana were staying for the 77th festival.
“You look in one direction and it’s Ekin-Su from Love Island, turn the other way and you see Molly-Mae . “It’s not that these celebs aren’t welcome in Cannes, it’s just the Film Festival has lost that Hollywood appeal. Everywhere you turn there is an influencer taking photos.
“Nothing is exclusive in Cannes any more, it’s a free-for-all.” The festival was once world renowned for its carefully curated programme of films which made the careers of directors, with Sean Baker picking up the top prize, the Palme d’Or, this year for his film Anora. Tickets used to be like gold-dust too, with only the specially invited able to walk alon.
