05-06-2015 16:55 via feeds.theguardian.com

Cheep shot: Cannes head says it has become a 'Twitter festival'

Cannes director Thierry Frémaux voices complaints at amount of social media in play during the festival, following his ban on red-carpet selfiesCannes film festival chief Thierry Frémaux has attacked social media for making this year’s event “a Twitter festival”.Speaking to French industry magazine Le Film Français, Frémaux criticised delegates’ tendency to respond to the world-first screenings of key arthouse titles by tweeting about them soon after leaving – or
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