A Dene filmmaker says he was turned away from the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival because he was wearing moccasins. He was invited to a red carpet screening of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's Les Amandiers. WATCH | Dene filmmaker on being turned away at Cannes for wearing moccasinsCannes security turned away this Dene filmmaker for wearing moccasins Duration 7:02 Dene filmmaker Kelvin Redvers travelled to the Cannes Film Festival as part of a delegation of six Indigenous filmmakers. Redvers says he was turned away from the red carpet because he was wearing moccasins. He was then invited to wear moccasins to a red carpet screening of Canadian director David Cronenberg's new film Crimes of the Future on Monday.

Source: CBC News May 29, 2022 03:01 UTC