Cannes Film Festival 2012

Actor Jackie Chan waved to the crowd on the set of French TV Canal.





French artist Jean Roch and Paris Hilton arrived to take part in the TV show "Le Grand Journal" on the set of French TV Canal on May 19.

 

Actress Jessica Chastain during a photocall for "Lawless."



Jackie Chan at the American Pavilion on May 19.



Actress Freida Pinto at a photo call on May 18.




Eva Longoria at a L'Oreal party on May 17.




Freida Pinto at a screening for "Rust and Bone" on May 17. The star is wearing Atelier Versace.

 

Longoria at the "Rust and Bone" screening wearing Emilio Pucci



Jane Fonda on the "Rust and Bone" red carpet on May 17. Her dress is by Stella McCartney.





"Rust and Bone" star Marion Cotillard at a photo call for the film on May 17.

 

Eva Longoria and Ben Stiller on "Le Grand Journal."




Actress Shailene Woodley was presented with her Chopard Trophy by Sean Penn at the Chopard Trophy awards ceremony on May 17.





Actor Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as Admiral General Aladeen, his character from his new movie "The Dictator," while promoting the film in front of the Carlton Hotel on May 16. In the film, Admiral General Aladeen is a dictator from the fictional North African country of the Republic of Wadiya.

 

Alec Baldwin carried his bride-to-be, Hilaria Thomas, as they arrived for the screening of "Moonrise Kingdom" and the opening ceremony of the festival on May 16




Cast members and director Wes Anderson (third from left) arrived on the red carpet for the screening of their film "Moonrise Kingdom."
The film is set in a 1960s New England island town, where a young boy and girl fall in love and decide to run away, causing the the town to send out a search party. "Moonrise Kingdom" was filmed in Newport, R.I. It will premiere in select US theaters on May 25.




"Moonrise Kingdom" actress Tilda Swinton wore a shiny copper dress by Haider Ackermann on the red carpet






Actress Jane Fonda, 74, showed off her youthful figure in a form-fitting metallic Atelier Versace dress.

 

From Left: Members of the jury, actor Ewan McGregor, actress Diane Kruger, actress and director Hiam Abbass, designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, director and scriptwriter Andrea Arnold, director and president of the jury Nanni Moretti, director and producer Raoul Peck, actress Emmanuelle Devos, and director and producer Alexander Payne, posed with actress and opening ceremony host Berenice Bejo and singer Beth Ditto.



Actress Eva Longoria rocked a Marchesa dress on the red carpet.




French actress Berenice Bejo arrived on stage to host the opening ceremony.





Actress Tilda Swinton.

 

Workers installed the red carpet in front of the main entrance of the Festival Palace before the opening ceremony.

 

Singer Cheryl Cole walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 20. The annual event runs from May 16 to May 27.




Workers set up a giant poster featuring Marilyn Monroe blowing out a birthday candle on May 13.




Bill Murray poses with a miniature camera at the photocall for "Moonrise Kingdom" on Wednesday, May 16. The latest film from director Wes Anderson served as this year's curtain

 

Jane Fonda attends the "Moonrise Kingdom" premiere. At 74, the actress wowed the crowds in a stunning Versace gown.



Bruce Willis attends the opening ceremony on Wednesday. The actor is a Cannes jury member.




An assistant helps actress Eva Longoria with her dress on the red carpet on Wednesday.




Actress Jessica Chastain attends the screening of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted." She does the voice of Gia the Jaguar.

 

British actress Naomi Watts hits the red carpet ahead of the "Madagascar 3" premiere on Friday.





Guests arrive at Cannes during heavy rain on Sunday.



Model Natasha Poly attends the "Madagascar 3" premiere.




Chinese model Fan Bingbing waves from the red carpet ahead of the opening ceremony on May 16.