Without naming those responsible, the presenter of “La Grande Bibliothèque” estimated that the profession is not received as it should be on the Croisette. This year, he conducted around ten interviews for the online media Brut.
Selena Gomez, François Damiens… During his two weeks spent on the Croisette, Augustin Trapenard carried out long interviews for the social media outlet Brut, official partner of the Cannes Film Festival. The first spoke to him about the mental fragility of Generation Z, the second about the anxieties he hides behind his laughter.
“We choose to take time, to do interviews more than promotional interviews, to really question”, enthused Augustin Trapenard on Wednesday at the microphone of France Info. But this enthusiasm is accompanied by regret, which he evokes from the start of his conversation with host Philippe Vandel. “There is a system in Cannes which very often brutalizes journalists a little. This has always struck me at this festival: journalists have very little time.”
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When, later, Vandel asks him what has changed in the demonstration in recent years, Augustin Trapenard returns to this «brutalisation» : “I find that we are treated less and less well. This way of controlling times, of ranking people, this way of violence, from a linguistic point of view, sometimes physically, I find it unbearable.
No festival without journalists
The presenter of “La Grande Librairie” was visibly upset by refusals or difficult negotiations with actor representatives. No doubt he also refers to the timed interviews that stars, particularly international ones, give during this particularly intense festival. Lily-Rose Depp, for example, gave seven minutes of watch in hand last year to written press journalists.
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Despite the difficulties encountered, Augustin Trapenard was still able to question, in addition to those mentioned above, Greta Gerwig, the director of Barbie and president of the Cannes jury, or Camille Cottin, mistress of ceremonies who will host the closing evening on Saturday. On France Info, the heir of Bernard Pivot insists: “There is no Cannes Film Festival without journalists.” More than 4,000 of them, from all countries, join the Croisette each year. Along with the Football World Cups and the Olympic Games, it is one of the most publicized events in the world.