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Cannes Sticking To No Selfies Policy As Social Media Giant Meta Joins As New Sponsor

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Meta might be bringing the social media influencers and content creators to Cannes in a new partnership, but don’t expect the festival to lift its ban on selfies at red carpet premieres. Asked today by Deadline about whether there will be a pivot in its no selfies policy due to Meta, Cannes Film Festival Director Thierry Frémaux said, “I’ll respond immediately on the selfies — No.”   How’s that? Essentially when it comes to the creative management of the festival and sponsorship, it’s a church and state situation. “I don’t deal with those issues,” said Frémaux, “We try to keep economic constraints separate from the artistic side to keep us free and independent.” Frémaux added that no sponsor had ever imposed itself on the festival evoking the case of L’oreal which is a sponsor.…

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