Cannes we? Yes we Cannes!

This year’s Cannes Festival took place from 12 to 23 May. Many of the movie stars have arrived to show their newest productions to the audience for the first time. The opening movie was a long waited “Robin Hood” with Russel Crow and Cate Blanchett. I’ m not sure about the movie but I know that Cate was a vision in an Alexander McQueen gown at the premiere of her film.

The Jury this year was as always a beautiful mixture of all the creativity. The President of the Jury this jury was Tom Burton, a director of “Alice in Wonderland” and many others. I though it was interesting to choose him for this job since Tom is mostly known for his gothic and imaginary pictures but then probably that’s why he was chosen. Burton is a true artist. He’s a painter, illustrator and photographer. In his own words “Films have always been like dreams to me, this is a dream come true”. The rest of the jury included Alberto BARBERA - Director of Museum of Cinema, Kate BECKINSALE – Actress, Emmanuel CARRERE – Writer, Benicio DEL TORO – Actor, Alexandre DESPLAT – Composer, Victor ERICE- Director, Shekhar KAPUR – Director, Giovanna MEZZOGIORNO – actress.
When thinking about Cannes before the movies I think the red carpet. And when I see the red carpet I see fashion. There were some amazing clothes at Cannes this year. Kate Beckinsale, who was in jury this year, looked fabulous in all of her looks which included Dior, Gucci Premiere (more about the line later), Marchesa and Armani Privé. There was magnificent as always Diane Kruger, Camille Belle and Michelle Williams.

I’ve said before I was going to write about Gucci Premiere. It was announced earlier this year that Gucci was adding a new couture line to their brand. As Gucci’s creative director Frida Giannini explained – it was the answer to the celebrities that urged for a special Gucci gown. Giannini decided to launch a couture line that would be only available on a made-to-order basis and for celebrities to wear on red carpet outings. Gucci Premiere got its premiere during this year’s Cannes Festival. First actress to wear it was Salma Hayek, who wore a “floor length bordeaux silk georgette one shoulder gown with hip, back and shoulder drape detail [which] also features deep red crystal embroidery at the shoulder and waist”. Later on other celebrities followed. It seems that Gucci Couture is a couture to have these days.

Wow it was a really great week in fashion! Below I’m presenting the best looks of the Cannes Festival 2010 :

 Salma Hayek in Gucci Premiere gowns:

Kate Beckinsale from left in Armani Prive, Gucci Premiere and Marchesa:

Kate in Temperley, Gucci Premiere and Nina Ricci

Michelle Williams in Chanel, Sonia Rykiel and Suno

Charlotte Gainsbourg in  LBD , Misha Burton in Marchesa and Julia Roitfeld in Emilio de la Morena

Evangeline Lilly in Emilio Pucci and Valentino

Diane Kruger in Jason Wu and Chanel

Emily Blunt in Giorgio Armani and Georges Chakra

Kristen Dunst in Chanel and Chanel Couture

Naomi Watts in Diane von Furstenberg and Gucci Premiere

Rachel Bilson in Chanel Couture and Isabel Marant

Camille Belle in both Gucci Premiere gowns

Cate Blanchett in Alexander McQueen and Armani Prive

 Carey Mulligan in Azarro and RM by Roland Mouret

And here is the list of the winners of the 63rd Cannes Festival:

Palme d'Or
LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
Grand Prix
DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN) directed by Xavier BEAUVOIS
Award for Best Director
Mathieu AMALRIC for TOURNÉE (ON TOUR)
Award for Best Screenplay
LEE Chang-dong for POETRY
Award for Best Actress
Juliette BINOCHE in COPIE CONFORME (CERTIFIED COPY) directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
Award for Best Actor Ex-aequo
Javier BARDEM in BIUTIFUL directed by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
Elio GERMANO in LA NOSTRA VITA (OUR LIFE) directed by Daniele LUCHETTI
Jury Prize
UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A screaming man) directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN
Palme d'Or - Short Film
CHIENNE D'HISTOIRE (BARKING ISLAND) directed by Serge AVÉDIKIAN
Jury Prize - Short Film
MICKY BADER (BATHING MICKY) directed by Frida KEMPFF