Cannes film festival offers babysitting / child services and borstvoedinsgruimtes to

Sex & Relationships The film festival of Cannes open a child care and various borstvoedingsruimtes for the parents who have to work next month. Last year, the prestigious film festival for the umpteenth time under fire due to the vrouwonvriendelijke rule that all ladies high heels should wear on the red carpet. A U-bend of the festival, according to the popular entertainmentwebsite The Wrap.

The new initiative of the festival is called ‘Le Ballon Rouge’, to the eponymous film from 1956 by Albert Lamorisse. In addition to a crèche, playgrounds and borstvoedingsruimtes, there are also several child-friendly areas on the festival site. The accreditation that parents and their children need, is free.

“Although it is for everyone difficult is to find a balance between work and private life, we know that women can often be more difficult,” says Thierry Frémaux, the festival in a statement. “Film festivals have a long way to go in the family make their services and infrastructure, so the women from the film industry easier and more successes to achieve.”

In the past protested various actresses like Kristen Stewart, Julianne Moore and Julia Roberts all at the vrouwonvriendelijke rule that they be forced to wear heels on the red carpet. “Something like that, you can now have no more requirements. If you men are not required to have a dress and high heels to wear, then you can of me, not the same questions,” said Twilight actress Kristen Stewart for example.

The Cannes film festival takes place from 14 to 25 may.