Guests have started arriving on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the tonight’s award ceremony which kicks off at 8.15pm local time (11.15am PT).
As we wait to hear who has been feted by Park Chan-Wook’s jury, rumors have been swirling since earlier today that delegations linked Minotaur, Fjord, The Dreamed Adventure, Fatherland, La Bola Negra and La Gradiva have been called back to Cannes.
Ahead of the ceremony, Deadline critic Pete Hammond and Damon Wise are coalescing around Spanish breakout La Bola Negra, Fjord, Fatherland and Minotaur. Checkout their predictions here
Early arrives on the red carpet to the usual mix of 1980s and 90s hits included German director Valeska Grisebach whose Bulgaria-set drama The Dreamed Adventure, La Bola Negra directors Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi and cast member Penelope Cruz as well asthe directors of La Bola Negra, Fatherland director Paweł Pawlikowski.
The awards due to be handed out tonight are Palme d’Or, the Grand Prix, the Jury Prize, the Best Director, the Best Screenplay, the Best Performance by an Actress, and the Best Performance by an Actor.
They will be presented by Geena Davis, Xavier Dolan, Pierfrancesco Favino, Gael García Bernal, Nadine Labaki, and Zoe Saldaña, with actress Tilda Swinton down to present the Palme d’Or Scottish actress Tilda Swinton.
22 films are in the running for the Palme d’Or.
They span Bitter Christmas by Pedro Almodóvar, A Woman’s Life by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, La Bola Negra by Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi, Coward by Lukas Dhont, Parallel Tales by Asghar Farhadi, Paper Tiger by James Gray, Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach, All of a Sudden by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, The Unknown by Arthur Harari, Another Day by Jeanne Herry, Sheep In The Box by Koreeda Hirokazu, Hope by Na Hong-jin, Nagi Notes by Fukada Koji, Gentle Monster by Marie Kreutzer, A Man Of His Time by Emmanuel Marre, Fjord by Cristian Mungiu, The Birthday Party by Léa Mysius, Moulin by László Nemes, Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski, The Man I Love by Ira Sachs, The Beloved by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Minotaur by Andreï Zviaguintsev.
During the ceremony, an Honorary Palme d’or will be awarded to Barbra Streisand. As previously announced she will not be able to attend Cannes. At the request of Streisand, Isabelle Huppert will present this Honorary Palme d’Or and say a few words in tribute to her career.
Deadline will be following the ceremony check in here and on our site for live updates and other news.
