First day of Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival extends the red carpet for its seventy-sixth edition, which begins today, with the participation of a constellation of stars

It is among them Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman, with 21 films competing for the Palme d'Or,

On the impact of possible demands protests.

Who will succeed Swedish Robin Aslund, who won last year's Palme d'Or for his movie "Triangle of Sadness"?

And the chairman of the jury for this year's session? While waiting for the results to be announced, the final touches are being put on Jada

La Croisette to receive about 35 thousand participants in the festival.

Cannes Awards

And the day before yesterday, in front of the facade of the Palace of Festivals, a banner measuring 25 meters long and 11 meters wide showing the star was placed on it.

Catherine Deneuve, the official poster for the 1968th edition of the event. This photo was taken of the famous French actress in black and white in the year XNUMX in the filming of the movie “La Chamade” by Alain Cavallier.

In an embodiment of the festival's legacy, Chiara Mastroianni, daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni,

Presenting the opening ceremony today, and the closing ceremony on May 27th.

Today, the famous 60-meter red carpet is placed on the stairs of the Festival Palace.

In an effort to reduce the environmental impact, the organizers have "halved the frequency of changing the carpet" since 2021, with the aim of saving "approximately 1400 kilograms of materials."

Among the stars participating in the competition for the Palme d'Or are regular names such as the 86-year-old Briton Ken Loach, winner of the festival award twice (2006 and 2016), German Wim Wenders, winner of the festival award in 1984 with Paris Texas, and Italian Nani Moretti.

Likewise, the festival is witnessing the return of the Finnish filmmaker Ari Kaurismaki, as well as the Italian Marco Bellocchio (83 years old), while the Japanese Hirokazu Kore-Eda, who won the festival award in 2018, presents his new movie “Monster” tomorrow.