Pathé President Talks Strategy For Cannes Opening Film ‘Leave One Day’; Upcoming Releases & Move Back Into U.K Film

The Cannes Film Festival paid tribute to the one of cinema’s greats on Wednesday with the world premiere of a new documentary about David Lynch, who passed away in January. The late director’s son Riley Lynch was in attendance at the screening of “Welcome to Lynchland,” which he helped introduce with a few words on stage at the Palais.

Binoche, who is the president of the jury at the 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival, wore a haute couture look by Dior for the opening ceremony on Tuesday.

The Cannes Film Festival is now in full swing, opening its slate with three highly anticipated world premieres: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, and Angela Bassett; Mascha Schilinski’s thriller Sound of Falling; and Sergei Loznitsa’s drama, Two Prosecutors.

The Oscar winning auteur struck a pose with wife Daniella Tarantino, caught up with Leonardo DiCaprio and dropped the mic, literally, after declaring that the 2025 Cannes Film Festival is officially open.

The daughters of Prince Charles of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, and his wife, Princess Camilla, enjoyed an evening among film stars as the festival opened this week.

Sergei Loznitsa’s forensically objective, intellectually nuanced documentaries tend to stand in stark contrast to his fictional output; in films like My Joy, In the Fog and Donbass, the Ukrainian director is inclined to put his cards on the table,