Cannes Festival criticised for “supporting predators” after Johnny Depp appearance

nme.com:

Johnny Depp’s new film.A social media campaign was launched earlier this week which accused the festival of “supporting predators” – it comes under the hashtag #CannesYouNot.

The online opposition arose after the prestigious film festival was confirmed to be opening with Johnny Depp’s new film, Jeanne du Barry, this year.The 2023 instalment — the 76th edition of the festival — kicked off yesterday (May 16), although was on the receiving end of backlash due to its inclusion of the Pirates Of The Caribbean actor.

One of the main figures in the opposition is journalist and activist Eve Barlow, who called for the public to tell the festival to “stop supporting rapists”.She spoke against the festival using the hashtag earlier this week (May 14). “Cannes seem proud of their history supporting rapists and abusers,” she wrote in the caption, sharing a series of photographs of men with accusations made against them.The majority of these photographs were of Depp, and included quotes taken from his infamous trial following accusations of abuse from ex-wife Amber Heard.

It also featured images of Roman Polanski, Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, Gerard Depardieu, and Luc Besson. “If you support Cannes you support predators,” read the text on the first image.Cannes seem proud of their history supporting rapists and abusers.