Demi Moore has touched down in Cannes, stunning in a polka dot dress at the Film Festival’s jury photocall on Tuesday morning.
The actress, 63, exuded Riviera chic in her colourful Jacquemus dress which was topped off with a ruffled hem and accessorised with a matching spotty bag.
The custom sculptural bustier dress was embroidered with feather confetti and crafted from ostrich feather velvet.
She completed her look with retro, white-framed shades and bow-adorned heels, posing up a storm alongside her fellow jury members.
Demi joins Hamnet director Chloé Zhao and actor Stellan Skarsgård on the jury for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
Organisers unveiled the nine-member jury that will deliberate on the films in competition at the annual French Riviera festival in May.
Demi Moore has touched down in Cannes, stunning in a polka dot dress at the Film Festival’s jury photocall on Tuesday morning
The actress, 63, exuded Rivera chic in her colourful dress which was topped off with a ruffled hel and accessorised with a matching spotty bag
As previously announced, South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook is president of the jury.
Along with him, Moore, Zhao and Skarsgård, the jurors are: Irish-Ethiopian actor Ruth Negga, Belgian director and screenwriter Laura Wandel, Chilean director and screenwriter Diego Céspedes, Ivorian American actor Isaach De Bankolé and Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty.
Speaking to the Daily Mail at the opening press conference Demi said she felt ‘tremendously honoured to be here.’
‘It’s such a beautiful experience and one just to be surrounded by cinema and the love of cinema, and the, the joy of diving in and being surrounded by those who share that is just— I just felt like a joy.’
‘And who can complain about the beautiful view of this incredible place? But yes, I just feel tremendously honoured and I’m super excited. I really— I feel like a little kid getting to play a grown-up.’
‘You know, prior I had only ever attended the Cannes Film Festival once, and that was only as someone’s plus one. And so to be sitting here today, I am really, really tremendously honoured.’
Demi also gave her thoughts on AI in the movie industry, insisting we should embrace new technology.
‘I always feel that againstness breeds againstness. breeds againstness. AI is here, and so to fight it is a battle that we will lose.’
‘So to find ways in which we can work with it, I think is a more valuable path to take.’
Speaking to the Daily Mail at the opening press conference Demi said she felt ‘tremendously honoured to be here’
She added to her kooky look with shades and sapphire and diamond drop earrings
Demi joins Hamnet director Chloé Zhao and actor Stellan Skarsgård on the jury for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival
‘The truth is, there really isn’t anything to fear because what it can never replace is what true art comes from, which is not the physical.’
‘It comes from the soul. It comes from the spirit of each and every one of us sitting here, to each and every one of us that creates every day.’
On a busy day in the French town, stars including Heidi Klum, Gillian Anderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Riley Keough and Halsey were among the first to arrive in anticipation of its launch on Tuesday evening.
Emma Thynn claimed the spotlight on Tuesday morning as Vanity Fair hosted a star-studded lunch on day one of the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
Demi’s hair suffered in the windy Cannes weather on Tuesday as she posed with Ivorian actor Isaach De Bankole
Organisers unveiled the nine-member jury that will deliberate on the films in competition at the annual French Riviera festival in May
She looked every inch the Hollywood icon in her glam look for her first day of duties in Cannes
‘It’s such a beautiful experience and one just to be surrounded by cinema and the love of cinema, and the, the joy of diving in’ Demi gushed on the opening day of the film festival
Opting for a daring canary yellow gown with a thigh high split, the Marchioness of Bath showed off her toned legs shortly after arriving at the resort town’s Carlton Beach Club.
This year, the Cannes Film Festival will honor filmmaker Peter Jackson with an honorary Palme d’Or at the upcoming French festival.
Festival organizers announced Jackson as a recipient in March for what they hailed as “a body of work that blends Hollywood blockbusters and films d´auteur with extraordinary artistic vision and technological audacity.”
The Lord of the Rings director, in a statement, called the honor “one of the greatest privileges of my career.”
Jackson recalled that he first came to Cannes in 1988 to sell his first movie, Bad Taste. In 2002, he returned to preview Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Demi joined (L-R) Ivorian actor Isaach De Bankole, Belgian director and writer Laura Wandel, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard, Chinese director Chloe Zhao, President of the jury South korean director and producer Park Chan-Wook, US actress Ruth Negga, Chilean director and screenwriter Diego Cespedes and British writer Paul Laverty
‘I feel like a little kid getting to play a grown-up,’ she told the opening press conference
This year, the Cannes Film Festival will honor filmmaker Peter Jackson with an honorary Palme d’Or at the upcoming French festival
Demi also gave her thoughts on AI in the movie industry during the press conference, insisting we should embrace new technology
Hamnet director Chloe Zhao, who also serves on the 2026 jury, looked chic in a navy two-piece ensemble for the photocall
Emma Thynn claimed the spotlight on Tuesday morning as Vanity Fair hosted a star-studded lunch on day one of the 79th Cannes Film Festival
Emma posed alongside Lucas Bravo and Alex Pettyfer
Gillian Anderson looked stunning in a nude tweed dress and heels as she left her hotel in Cannes on Tuesday
Cannes regular Heidi Klum wowed in double denim, complete with denim Chanel arm candy
Cannes regular Diane Kruger was spotted arriving at Nice airport on Tuesday
Jane Fonda, 88, wowed in a pinsripe suit as she made her arrival at the celeb favourite spot – Hotel Martinez
‘This festival has always celebrated bold, visionary cinema, and I´m incredibly grateful to the Festival de Cannes for being recognized among the filmmakers and the artists whose work continues to inspire me,’ he said.
Last year, Cannes gave honorary Palme d’Or prizes to Robert De Niro and Denzel Washington.
This year’s edition runs for eleven days from May 12 to the 23rd.
