Forget the photogs on the red carpets - the paparazzi madness begins the second you step off the plane in Nice!

Check out hot couple Paris and Doug landing in France for the Cannes Film Festival and had to deal with swarms of paps hoping for a pic!

A correspondent for X17 in the south of France tells us: "This is the first year I've seen it like this. I've been covering the Cannes Film Festival for five years now and this is the most out of control it's ever been. Photographers are beating each other up to get the shot. And there are so many of us now, it's impossible, sometimes, to even get close enough to see the celebrity in your lens! I think it's WAY crazier here than it has ever been on the streets of LA!"

Just nuts!