Overview

• The festival will open with the French comedy 'Leave One Day' by Amélie Bonnin, alongside an honorary Palme d’Or for Robert De Niro.
• New red carpet regulations ban nudity and voluminous gowns to streamline proceedings and enforce decency standards.
• A Paris judge is expected to deliver a verdict in Gérard Depardieu’s sexual assault trial as the festival begins.
• Twenty-two films, including works by Wes Anderson, Julia Ducournau, and Jafar Panahi, will compete for the Palme d’Or.
• Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia joins the Cannes jury, while Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound' features in the Un Certain Regard section.