Cannes 2014 opening ceremony took place Thursday in France. The festival opened with a premiere of Olivier Dahan's Grace of Monaco. This year, 18 films wil compete for the festival’s top prize Palm d’Or. Photos of the opening ceremony in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.
Cannes film festival 2014: opening ceremony
Cannes film festival opened Thursday with the premiere of Grace of Monaco
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Australian actress Nicole Kidman (R) and Master of Ceremony, French actor Lambert Wilson (L)
© EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO Jury members, actor Willem Dafoe, French actress Carole Bouquet, Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal, Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon, US director Sofia Coppola, Chinese director Jia Zhangke, Iranian actress Leila Hatami and Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn
© EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO Jury member, Iranian actress Leila Hatami
© EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO French model Laetitia Casta
© EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO Jury member director Sofia Coppola
© Joel Ryan/Invision/AP Jury members Gael Garcia Bernal, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola
© Arthur Mola/Invision/AP Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi
© EPA/VITTORIO ZUNINO CELOTTO US model Karlie Kloss
© Joel Ryan/Invision/AP French actress Audrey Tautou
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON Spanish actress Paz Vega
© Joel Ryan/Invision/AP US actress Jane Fonda
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON Jury members Nicolas Winding Refn and Carole Bouquet
© Arthur Mola/Invision/AP French-Italian actress Chiara Mastroianni
© EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO US actress Blake Lively
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON French actress Alice Taglioni
© EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER US actress Zoe Saldana
© EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO Tim Roth and Nicole Kidman
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