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| A video showing the simulation of a terror attack at the Cannes film festival has met a mixed response from film industry executives. | A video showing the simulation of a terror attack at the Cannes film festival has met a mixed response from film industry executives. |
| The exercise on 21 April saw armed police firing blank rounds on the steps of Cannes’s celebrated Palais des Festivals, as a group of “terrorists” ran towards the buildings. Medical teams were also in evidence tending to the “wounded”, who lay on the floor in red bibs. | The exercise on 21 April saw armed police firing blank rounds on the steps of Cannes’s celebrated Palais des Festivals, as a group of “terrorists” ran towards the buildings. Medical teams were also in evidence tending to the “wounded”, who lay on the floor in red bibs. |
| According to comments collected by the Hollywood Reporter, however, future attendees of the festival, which runs from 11 to 22 May, were somewhat nonplussed by the decision to hold such a public demonstration. | According to comments collected by the Hollywood Reporter, however, future attendees of the festival, which runs from 11 to 22 May, were somewhat nonplussed by the decision to hold such a public demonstration. |
| Yuhka Matoi, a Japanese TV executive, said: “I wasn’t thinking about it until [the video] ... Maybe I’ll stay away from the red carpet [this year]”; while German film CEO Alexander van Dülmen said: “Anyone who goes to Cannes knows the French are good at putting on a show. I hope the security video wasn’t just a performance to convince us they are prepared.” | Yuhka Matoi, a Japanese TV executive, said: “I wasn’t thinking about it until [the video] ... Maybe I’ll stay away from the red carpet [this year]”; while German film CEO Alexander van Dülmen said: “Anyone who goes to Cannes knows the French are good at putting on a show. I hope the security video wasn’t just a performance to convince us they are prepared.” |
| The mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, defended the exercise, saying: “The exercise is not reality, but the exercise helps to prepare for the reality and to limit the risk. The risks are changing … The buildings were designed 30 years ago when security issues were not the same.” Claire-Anne Reix, president of the Palais des Festivals, said: “It’s not frightening. What should be frightening is all the videos you see on the internet, not the coverage of an exercise.” | The mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, defended the exercise, saying: “The exercise is not reality, but the exercise helps to prepare for the reality and to limit the risk. The risks are changing … The buildings were designed 30 years ago when security issues were not the same.” Claire-Anne Reix, president of the Palais des Festivals, said: “It’s not frightening. What should be frightening is all the videos you see on the internet, not the coverage of an exercise.” |
| France has been on high alert for a considerable period, while the local so-called “Cannes-Torcy” terror cell was broken up in 2012 after an attack on a Jewish supermarket that year. | France has been on high alert for a considerable period, while the local so-called “Cannes-Torcy” terror cell was broken up in 2012 after an attack on a Jewish supermarket that year. |