Artnewspress : The pandemic isn’t stopping the biggest stars in the world from heading to Cannes.
Wes Anderson, Timothée Chalamet, and Tilda Swinton
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The 2021 Cannes Film Festival is officially underway in France, and with it comes the first round of red carpet photos. The 74th edition of the legendary festival kicked off with an official photocall for the 2021 competition jury. Spike Lee is serving as the president of the jury this year. The “BlacKkKlansman” Oscar winner is accompanied on the jury by director Mati Diop, singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer, actress-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, writer-director Jessica Hausner, actress-director Mélanie Laurent, writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho, actor Tahar Rahim, and actor Song Kang-ho. The Jury will unveil its list of winners Saturday, July 17 during the Cannes Closing Ceremony.
Jodie Foster was also at the center of a day one photocall as the recipient of this year’s Honorary Palme d’Or. Foster first attended Cannes at 13 years old with Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” which won the Palme d’Or. Foster’s 2016 directorial effort “Money Monster,” starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, world premiered at Cannes out of competition.
The final day one photocall was for “Annette,” the Leos Carax-directed musical that is opening the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Carax is at Cannes with his stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, plus the art pop duo Sparks, who wrote the music and came up with the story for the film.
Later on in the festival, premieres for films including “Stillwater,” “The French Dispatch,” “Bergman Island,” and more rolled out the red carpet for plenty of stars to show up in support of their films. Even without a press conference held for “The French Dispatch,” director Wes Anderson still brought his top actors to France for the splashy (and long-awaited) premiere of his latest movie.
Check out red carpet photos from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival below, including images from the opening night ceremony and the rest of the festival. IndieWire will continue to update the gallery below with the latest photos from the Croisette. Refresh the page for the latest updates.
“Annette,” Opening Night
Angele, Simon Helberg, Marion Cotillard, director Leos Carax, Adam Driver, Russell Mael and Ron Mael attending the ‘Annette’ screening and opening ceremony during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival.
Opening Night Ceremony
Jury members Melanie Laurent, from left, Mati Diop, Spike Lee, Jessica Hausner and Mylene Farmer pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Annette’ and the opening ceremony of the 74th international film festival.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Opening Night Ceremony
Jury member Gyllenhaal poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Annette’ and the opening ceremony of the 74th international film festival.
Opening Night Ceremony
Jury members Maggie Gyllenhaal, Spike Lee, and Melanie Laurent walk the red carpet ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Helen Mirren, Opening Night Red Carpet
Helen Mirren walks the red carpet ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
“Annette” Photocall
Marion Cotillard attends the “Annette” photocall at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
“Annette” Photocall
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard attend the “Annette” photocall at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes Jury Photocall
Spike Lee attens the jury photocall at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The Oscar winner is serving as the president of the Cannes competition jury.
Cannes Jury Photocall
Cannes competition jury members Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessica Hausner, Mati Diop, Spike Lee, Melanie Laurent, and Mylene Farmer attend the jury photocall at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
“Stillwater” Photocall
Matt Damon attends the Cannes Film Festival 2021 photocall for “Stillwater.”
“Bergman Island” Photocall
Tim Roth and Vicky Krieps pose for photographers at the photocall for the film “Bergman Island” on July 12, 2021
“The French Dispatch” Premiere
Timothée Chalamet attends the premiere of “The French Dispatch” on July 12, 2021.
“The French Dispatch” Premiere
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody pose for photographers at the premiere of “The French Dispatch” on July 12, 2021.
“The French Dispatch” Photocall
Bill Murray poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘The French Dispatch’ at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
“The French Dispatch” Photocall
Tilda Swinton, left, and Timothee Chalamet pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘The French Dispatch’ at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
“Red Rocket” Photocall
Bree Elrod, director Sean Baker and Suzanna Son attend the Red Rocket Photocall during the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 15, 2021 in Cannes, France.
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