Woman in Bloodied Dress in Ukraine Flag Colors... Cannes Film Festival in Uproar

Protest Presumed to Expose War Atrocities
Naked Demonstration Also Occurred Last Year

At the Cannes International Film Festival (Cannes Film Festival), one of the world's top three film festivals, a woman wearing a dress in the colors of the Ukrainian flag poured red liquid over her body in a protest.

According to AFP news and others on the 21st (local time), in front of the main venue of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, Palais des Festivals, a woman dressed in the colors of the Ukrainian flag took out a pouch containing red liquid from her bosom and burst it over her head. The woman, wearing a dress mixed with yellow and blue and blue shoes, climbed the stairs covered with a red carpet and performed this act.

A woman wearing a dress in the colors of the Ukrainian flag is being restrained by security personnel after performing a body painting act with fake blood.
[Photo by AFP Yonhap News]

The liquid flowed from her head down her arms, and security guards who saw this pulled the woman down the stairs. During the process of moving with the security guards, the woman also smeared the liquid on her face from her hands and appeared to say something to the cameras.

However, what exactly she said has not been specifically disclosed, and the woman's identity or the background of the performance has not been reported. It is presumed to be a voice against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has continued for over a year.

A woman wearing a dress in the colors of the Ukrainian flag burst a pouch filled with red liquid over her head on the red carpet at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival on the 21st.
[Image source=AFP Yonhap News]

Previously, at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, a nude protest condemning sexual crimes committed in Ukraine took place. At that time, the upper body of the woman who stormed the red carpet was painted in blue and yellow, symbolizing the Ukrainian flag, with the protest phrase "STOP RAPING US" written. The protest ended when security personnel wrapped the woman in a jacket and pulled her away.

The French feminist group SCUM explained on Instagram, "An activist belonging to SCUM went to the Cannes Film Festival to condemn the sexual torture experienced by Ukrainian women in the war."

Meanwhile, according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), since Russia's invasion, there have been 8,006 civilian deaths and 13,287 injuries in Ukraine as of last February. The number of Ukrainian refugees who fled to Europe has been estimated at around 8 million.

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