After hitting the pause button in 2020, the Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet once more—and the A-list celebrities brought their fashion A-game.
While actresses and supermodels typically attract the paparazzi, it was director Spike Lee who owned the night with a hot pink custom-made suit by Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton, with matching sunglasses and a pair of custom Air Jordans. Lee, who has been coming to the festival since 1986, when he debuted Do the Right Thing, is also making history as the first Black president of the Cannes jury.
The world’s most famous film festival also has five women on its nine-member jury—Maggie Gyllenhaal, French actress Melanie Laurent, directors Mati Diop and Jessica Hausner, and musician Mylène Farmer—after years of criticism about female directors being woefully underrepresented in the major award categories. But of the 24 films in contention for the top prize, the Palme d’Or, only four were directed by women.
It’s Gotta Be the Shoes: Jury president Spike Lee attends the ‘Annette’ premiere during the Cannes opening ceremony.
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Among the films vying for the Palme d’Or is the musical Annette, directed by Leos Carex and starring Adam Driver as a stand-up comic married to a famous soprano, played by Marion Cotillard. Annette was selected for the opening night of the festival.
Other films of note in the Palme d’Or competition are Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch with a cast all-star cast that includes Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Elisabeth Moss, Liev Schreiber, and Timothée Chalamet. And of course no Wes Anderson film would be complete without three of his favorite actors—Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman.
Also in competition is Flag Day, directed by and starring Sean Penn (along with his daughter, Dylan Penn, Josh Brolin and Miles Teller); Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island (starring Tim Roth and Mia Wasikowska); and Three Floors by Cannes favorite, Italian director Nanni Moretti.
Early Bow: Simon Helberg, Marion Cotillard, director Leos Carax and Adam Driver at the opening ceremony premiere of their film ‘Annette.’
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At Cannes’ opening ceremony—before the premiere of Annette—the red carpet was once again filled with high fashion, dazzling jewelry and some shameless posing.
Supermodel Bella Hadid made a dramatic entrance—and exit—in a vintage black-and-white gown by Jean-Paul Gaultier and jewels from Chopard’s Haute Joaillerie Collection. Other runway regulars at the opening ceremony included Candice Swanepoel, who wore a sheer Etro jumpsuit with some serious Cher vibes from the ’70s, Eva Herzigova in Alberta Ferretti, and former French first lady Carla Bruni in a pale blue gown by Celine.
No Secrets: Candice Swanepoel (in Etro) at the ‘Annette’ premiere.
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Jessica Chastain looked elegant on the red carpet in a lace Dior gown with ruby-and-diamond jewels by Chopard. Chastain, who has been attending Cannes since 2012 and served on the jury four years ago, has a strong connection to the festival. In 2017, she told reporters, “I was born as an actress at Cannes.”
Red on Red: Jessica Chastain in a Dior gown with Chopard jewels at the ‘Annette’ screening at Cannes.
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Keeping cool in white were actress Jodie Foster (in a Givenchy dress with silver accents) and Maggie Gyllenhaal, who wore silk dress by Hedi Slimane for Celine.
Silver Belle: Jodie Foster at the Cannes opening ceremony.
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Bringing a splash of color to the red carpet (and a tidal wave of camera charisma) was Dame Helen Mirren in a vibrant yellow dress by Dolce & Gabbana and matching gold pumps.
Good as Gold: Helen Mirren at Cannes’ opening night.
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And it wouldn’t be the Cannes Film Festival if there weren’t some playful peek-a-boo on the red carpet, including model Didi Stone Olomide’s white corset and flowing gown, which is equal parts modesty and majesty.
Enter Smiling: Model Didi Stone Olomide at the ‘Tout S’est Bien Passe (Everything Went Fine) premiere at Cannes.
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