• ‘Tangles’

    Sarah Leavitt Samira Wiley Julia Louis-Dreyfus Abbi Jacobson Leah Nelson Lauren Miller Rogen Seth Rogen
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    From left: Sarah Leavitt, Samira Wiley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Leah Nelson, Lauren Miller Rogen and Seth Rogen

  • ‘Tangles’

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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    “There were a ton of drugs going on, and I was so naive that I did not realize this,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus joked about her ‘SNL’ days to the audience during her live taping of THR’s Awards Chatter podcast at Meta House. “I’m like, ‘Wow, they have a lot of energy.’ It was a topsy-turvy time.”

  • ‘Tangles’

    Seth Rogen
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    Rogen and his wife, Lauren, produced the animated film, which follows a young woman returning to her small, conservative town to care for her mother who is struggling with Alzheimer’s.

  • ‘Tangles’

    Leah Nelson
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    Leah Nelson

  • ‘Tangles’

    Samira Wiley
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    Samira Wiley

  • ‘Tangles’

    Sarah Leavitt
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    Sarah Leavitt

  • ‘Tangles’

    Abbi Jacobson
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    Abbi Jacobson

  • ‘Tangles’

    Lauren Miller Rogen
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    Lauren Miller Rogen

  • ‘In Waves’

    Will Sharpe
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    For the animated film, the ‘White Lotus’ and ‘Amadeus’ actor — and famed Brit — voices an introverted skater boy at a suburban Los Angeles high school.

  • ‘In Waves’

    Will Sharpe, AJ Dungo, Phuong Mai Nguyen
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    From left: Will Sharpe, AJ Dungo and Phuong Mai Nguyen

  • ‘In Waves’

    AJ Dungo
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    AJ Dungo

  • ‘In Waves’

    Phuong Mai Nguyen
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    Phuong Mai Nguyen

  • ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise

    Jordana Brewster
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    Among the many premieres, this year’s festival also feted the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise for its 25th anniversary. Brewster reunited with her co-stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, as well as the daughter of the late Paul Walker, on the red carpet.

  • ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’

    Hannah Einbinder
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    The ‘Hacks’ star opened the fest with ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ in a role that director Jane Schoenbrun told THR was deeply personal: “It’s helped her grow and think a lot about herself and her own life.”

  • ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’

    Jane Schoenbrun, Hannah Einbinder
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    From left: Jane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder

  • ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’

    Jane Schoenbrun
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    Jane Schoenbrun

  • ‘Butterfly Jam’

    Talha Akdogan
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    Talha Akdogan

  • ‘Butterfly Jam’

    Riley Keogh
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    ‘In Russian’ director Kantemir Balagov’s first English-language project, ‘Butterfly Jam,’ Keough plays a Circassian immigrant running a suburban New Jersey diner with her brother (Barry Keoghan).

  • ‘Butterfly Jam’

    Harry Melling, Jaliyah Richards, Talha Akdogan, Riley Keogh
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    From left: Harry Melling, Jaliyah Richards, Talha Akdogan and Riley Keogh

  • ‘Butterfly Jam’

    Jaliyah Richards
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    Jaliyah Richards

  • ‘Butterfly Jam’

    Harry Melling
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    Harry Melling

  • ‘Ceniza en la Boca (Ashes)’

    Adriana Paz
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    Adriana Paz

  • ‘Ceniza en la Boca (Ashes)’

    Diego Luna
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    “The fear, the ignorance, the hate we are seeing around migration, this is the way to fight that,” says the director of his film Ashes, which follows a young woman (played by Anna Díaz) who leaves Mexico for Madrid. “[I’m] trying to get you close to understanding the story of just one person who can’t live where they belong.”

  • ‘Ceniza en la Boca (Ashes)’

    Diego Luna
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    Diego Luna

  • ‘Ceniza en la Boca (Ashes)’

    Adriana Paz, Anna Diaz, Diego Luna
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    From left: Adriana Paz, Anna Diaz and Diego Luna

  • ‘Ceniza en la Boca (Ashes)’

    Anna Diaz
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    Anna Diaz

  • ‘Nagi Notes’

    Koji Fukada
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    Koji Fukada

  • ‘A Woman’s Life’

    Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
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    Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

  • ‘A Woman’s Life’

    Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Lea Drucker
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    Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet directs Léa Drucker (right) in ;A Woman’s Life,’ about a surgeon’s encounter with a novelist. 

  • ‘A Woman’s Life’

    Lea Drucker
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    Lea Drucker

  • ‘The Meltdown’

    Manuella Martelli
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    Manuella Martelli

  • ‘Atonement’

    Boyd Holbrook
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    “We see so many monetized versions of war, and this is something that you never get to see,” says the Boyd Holbrook of his Iraq War drama, adding that his search for authenticity went all the way to his wardrobe: “It was not, ‘I’m going to look like a cool soldier.’ ”

  • ‘Atonement’

    Reed Van Dyk, Gheed, Boyd Holbrook
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    From left: Reed Van Dyk, Gheed and Boyd Holbrook

  • ‘Atonement’

    Gheed
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    Gheed

  • ‘Atonement’

    Reed Van Dyk
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    Reed Van Dyk

  • ‘Club Kid’

    Diego Calva, Jordan Firstman, Cara Delevigne
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    “We were granted access to spaces that no one can even get to in life, let alone be filmed,” says Jordan Firstman (center) of the party scenes in his directorial debut, ‘Club Kid’ (which also stars Diego Calva and Cara Delevingne). “We were let in because I was already there partying, and these are my friends. The invitation was not taken for granted.”

  • ‘Club Kid’

    Cara Delevigne
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    Cara Delevigne

  • ‘Club Kid’

    Diego Calva
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    Diego Calva

  • ‘Club Kid’

    Jordan Firstman
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    Jordan Firstman

  • Odessa A’Zion

    Odessa A'Zion
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    Odessa A’Zion, Jordan Firstman’s ‘I Love LA’ co-star, also was on hand — as part of Chopard’s annual contingent. (Trophée Chopard laureate, wearing Chopard jewelry.)

  • ‘The Man I Love’

    Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
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    From left: Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias

  • ‘The Man I Love’

    Ira Sachs
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    Ira Sachs

  • ‘The Man I Love’

    Mauricio Zacharias
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    Mauricio Zacharias

  • Isabelle Huppert

    Isabelle Hupert
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    The French film icon came to the Croisette to promote her role in Asghar Farhadi’s latest epic, ‘Parallel Tales,’ and to present next-gen talents Connor Swindells and Odessa A’zion with the Trophée Chopard. (Trophée Chopard Godmother, wearing Chopard jewelry.)

  • ‘Jim Queen’

    Nicholas Athane, Marco Nguyen
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    From left: Nicholas Athane and Marco Nguyen

  • ‘Avedon’

    Ron Howard
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    “I’m very interested in people who achieve artistic excellence,” says director Ron Howard of his new documentary on photographer Richard Avedon. “I’m interested in the spark, along with the dues they had to pay and the cost to the other aspects of their life.”

  • ‘Avedon’

    Ron Howard
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    Ron Howard

  • ‘Clarissa’

    David Oyelowo
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    David Oyelowo stars alongside Sophie Okonedo and Ayo Edebiri in ‘Clarissa’ — a modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf novel Mrs. Dalloway that THR describes as “a quiet revelation.”

  • ‘Clarissa’

    Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri
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    From left: Chuko Esiri and Arie Esiri

  • ‘Clarissa’

    Nikki Amuka-Bird, David Oyelowo, Sophie Okonedo, Fortune Nwafor, Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri, India Amarteifio, Toheeb Jimoh.
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    From left: Nikki Amuka-Bird, David Oyelowo, Sophie Okonedo, Fortune Nwafor, Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri, India Amarteifio and Toheeb Jimoh

  • ‘Clarissa’

    Sophie Okonedo
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    Sophie Okonedo

  • ‘Coward’

    Lukas Dhont
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    Lukas Dhont

  • Chloe Zhao

    Chloe Zhao
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    The director follows up a red-hot awards season — her ‘Hamnet’ lead actress Jessie Buckley won every major award — with a stint on the Cannes Film Festival jury.

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