The Cannes Film Festival 2011 Kicked off
The opening ceremony of the 64th Cannes Film Festival began, as always, with the passage of the guests on the red carpet in front of the Palais des Festivals. The first film shown at the festival, was”Midnight in Paris” by Woody Allen.
The artistic director of Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux , festival president Gilles Jacob and the French Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterrand welcomed the jury, which consisted of Robert De Niro,Uma Thurman and Jude Law. (Fred Dufour / AFP / Getty Images).
Chinese actress Gong Li is on the red carpet. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP / Getty Images).
Jury members - Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, and actor Jude Law.(Joel Ryan / AP).
Chinese actress Fan Binbin. (Fred Dufour / AFP / Getty Images).
Winner of ”Miss World” in 1994 Ashvariya Paradise. (Francois Mori / AP).
The star of the movie ”Midnight in Paris” Owen Wilson shoots himself with an actress and co-star Lea Seydoux and film director WoodyAllen. (Valery Hache / AFP / Getty Images).
Leading the opening ceremony. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA).
Uma Thurman, like Winch, dress in white pen. (Vincent Kessler / Reuters).
Melanie Griffith and her husband, Antonio Banderas and Faye Dunaway. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA).
Model and designer Ines de la Fressanzh. (Venturelli / WireImage).
Fench actress Julie Gaye. (Tony Barson / WireImage)
Melanie Laurent on stage with members of the jury, Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and Jude Law at theopening ceremony. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images).
Alessandra Mastronardi, Julia Bevilakua, Claudia Zanella as acover. (Venturelli / WireImage) mages).
Hong Kong filmmaker Nansun Shi. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Salma Hayek. Salma Hayek speaks English, Spanish, Arabicand Portuguese. (Eric Gaillard / Reuters).
Banderas with his wife and Salma Hayek. (Tony Barson / WireImage).
Woody Allen jokes about the dress Rachel McAdams: ”Honey, thinkyou dropped something. “ (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images).

