Alexa Chung shared a lingering kiss with boyfriend Tom Sturridge as she supported him at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday evening.
The presenter accompanied Sturridge as he celebrated the first official screening of new movie The Man I Love, in which he stars alongside Oscar-winner Rami Malek, on the Promenade de la Croisette.
Commanding attention in a daring lace and satin gown with a plunging front and a sheer black lace skirt, Alexa, 42, planted a supportive kiss on her boyfriend’s lips as they walked the red carpet together.
But Tom opted to keep the attention on his new role over posing with his stunning partner, as he instead appeared solo on the red carpet before posing for group snaps with star Rami and Luther Ford, and director Ira Sachs.
The Man I Love has been nominated for the coveted Palme d’Or and the Queer Palm at this year’s festival.
Set in late 1980s New York City, the film follows Rami’s character Jimmy George, an actor facing a life-threatening illness, who takes on what may be his final major role.
Alexa Chung shared a lingering kiss with boyfriend Tom Sturridge as she supported him at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday evening
Alexa looked completely smitten as she supported her actor boyfriend at the annual event
Jury member Demi Moore made her latest red carpet appearance at the festival, arriving in a glamorous white gown with a black flowing scarf.
Alexa and Tom’s last appearance together came at the Met Gala earlier this month.
It was reported in 2024 that the couple, who have been together for four years, had got engaged, though neither has ever confirmed this.
The star first sparked engagement rumours with the actor in 2023 with the couple seen wearing matching rings that October.
Then it was claimed the couple are said to be ‘over the moon’ and are planning a ‘classy’ wedding ceremony.
A source told The Sun: ‘Alexa has confirmed to her friends that she is indeed engaged to Tom and she is over the moon.’
‘She is in a great place and seems completely head over heels for him. They’re a great match.’
‘They have been hard at work planning a wedding with all of their close pals there. It won’t be a massive over-the-top affair but a smaller, classier and cooler bash.’
This year for the Cannes Film Festival, Demi Moore joins Hamnet director Chloé Zhao and actor Stellan Skarsgård on the jury.
Organisers unveiled the nine-member jury that will deliberate on the films in competition at the annual French Riviera festival in May.
As previously announced, South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook is president of the jury.
Alongside 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.
The presenter accompanied Sturridge as he celebrated the first official screening of new movie The Man I Love, in which he stars alongside Oscar-winner Rami Malek
She may have been in attendance to support her boyfriend’s new film, but Alexa stole the spotlight from her partner at his star-studded Cannes Film Festival premiere
Commanding attention in a daring lace and satin gown with a plunging front and a sheer black lace skirt, Alexa planted a supportive kiss on her boyfriend’s lips
Tom opted to keep the attention on his new role over posing with his stunning partner, as he instead appeared solo on the red carpet, while Alexa caught the eye in her revealing silver gown with a plunging front and a sheer black lace skirt
The fashion star is no stranger to catching the eye with her show-stopping looks
Tom and Rami’s film The Man I Love has been nominated for the coveted Palm D’Or and the Queer Palm at this year’s festival
Set in late 1980s New York City, the film follows Rami’s character Jimmy George, an actor facing a life-threatening illness, who takes on what may be his final major role
Speaking to the Daily Mail at the opening press conference, Demi said she felt ‘tremendously honoured to be here’.
She said: ‘It’s such a beautiful experience and one just to be surrounded by cinema and the love of cinema, and 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 to be here.’
Luther Ford also joined his co-stars for the red carpet premiere
Jury member Demi Moore made her latest red carpet appearance at the festival, arriving in a glamorous white gown with a black flowing scarf
Speaking to the Daily Mail at the opening press conference, Demi said she felt ‘tremendously honoured to be here’
This year, the Cannes Film Festival honoured filmmaker Peter Jackson with a Palme d’Or, with Demi set to join the jury deciding the winner of the top honour
This year, the Cannes Film Festival honoured filmmaker Peter Jackson with a Palme d’Or.
Festival organisers 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 honour ‘one of the greatest privileges of my career’.
Last year, Cannes gave honorary Palme d’Or prizes to Robert De Niro and Denzel Washington.
This year’s edition runs for twelve days from May 12 to May 23.
Hitmaker Halsey, who was an executive producer on The Man I Love, graced the red carpet in a dramatic gold embroidered gown
Olivia Palermo was joined by her husband Johannes Huebl for the premiere
The model cut a glamorous figure in a form-fitting black gown with a flowing train
