The 74th Cannes Film Festival kicked off in earnest this evening as big names came out to support the event that’s just getting back to business after last year’s cancellation and this year’s delays.
Assembled together, 2019 Oscar and Palme d’Or winner Bong Joon-ho, Cannes veteran Pedro Almodovar, Jury President Spike Lee and tonight’s honorary Palme d’Or recipient Jodie Foster paid tribute to the event and officially opened the 2021 proceedings in a mix of Korean, Spanish, English and French.
It was an emotional and important step for the festival. As the media has gathered on the ground here in the run-up to tonight, there’s been some confusion and concern about Covid testing, accessing venues and crowd wrangling, but things appear to
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