Cannes Film Festival 2021 Preview: 25 Films To Watch

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticCANNES — The awards show for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival competition is underway.Jury president Spike Lee presided over a majority-female group that included French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, American actor-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, French actor-helmer Mélanie Laurent, Brazilian helmer Kleber Mendonça Filho, French actor Tahar Rahim, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho and cult French singer Mylene Farmer.The prizes

Pretty Woman actress Julia Roberts may be a regular on red carpets but someone in her family is learning the chops! The actress’ 16-year-old daughter Hazel Moder recently made her very first red carpet appearance at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in France earlier this week to support dad Danny Moder at the premiere of his new movie Flag Day. For the unversed, Danny--Julia‘s husband is a cinematographer, the couple even met on the sets of their movie The Mexican back in 2000.

Tilda Swinton is putting on a colorful display.

The models are taking over the 2021 Cannes Film Festival!

Sharon Stone looked so glamorous in a puffy blue dress at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday (July 14) in Cannes, France.

Cannes Film Festival. And Coco Rocha, 32, ensured to command attention in a statement red ballgown boasting a mesh detailing across a dropped shoulder as she attended the star-studded premiere of Aline, The Voice Of Love on Tuesday.

Adele Exarchopoulos walked the carpet in two different looks this year at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival!

Adrien Brody shared a sweet red carpet kiss with his girlfriend Georgina Chapman at the premiere of his movie The French Dispatch on Monday (July 12) in Cannes, France.

Cocktails with Deadline Disruptors at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival kicked off at Plage 45 in Cannes, France.

Timothee Chalamet has lots of love for Tilda Swinton as he leans on her shoulder and holds her hand while walking the red carpet premiere of their new movie, The French Dispatch, during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Monday (July 12) in Cannes, France.

Bella Hadid is certainly making a lasting impression.

Taylor Hill looks gorgeous while walking the red carpet at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Saturday (July 10) in Cannes, France.

CANNES, France -- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, whose drama “Lingui” has been a standout of the first week of the Cannes Film Festival, has a unique relationship as a filmmaker to his native country of Chad.Haroun is one of the African nation's only film directors and easily its most prominent. That role — national cinematic spokesman — has given him a heavy responsibility.“If I don’t bring images from Chad, my country will be forgotten,” Haroun said in an interview.

France's most famous actors, may miss the Cannes Film Festival after testing positive for COVID-19.Seydoux has been fully vaccinated but she tested positive while working on a film, her publicist Christine Tripicchio confirmed Saturday. She is asymptomatic and isolating at home in Paris, hoping that negative tests on consecutive days could allow her to still attend the festival in the south of France.Seydoux was set to be one of the most ubiquitous stars at Cannes this year.

Lea Seydoux may not be going to the Cannes Film Festival this year.

COVID-19 cases per day, according to the event’s boss.Cannes general secretary Francois Desrousseaux has denied rumours of a “cluster” of cases at the event, which is running from July 6-17 in France.Speaking to Variety, Desrousseaux said: “Out of several thousand people getting testing here on a daily basis, there are an average of three cases per day.”All guests who aren’t double vaccinated or are travelling from abroad, including from the United States, and countries on France’s ‘orange’ list

Josh O’Connor is putting his fashion forward sense of style on display at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival!

Matt Damon was moved to tears at Cannes by the reaction of the audience to his new movie Stillwater.

A lot of fashion forward stars were at the latest 2021 Cannes Film Festival premiere!

Jodie Turner-Smith looks like a goddess while walking the red carpet at the premiere of her movie After Yang during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Thursday (July 8) in Cannes, France.