In it’s 70th year, Cannes is the dowager empress of film festivals. The event may be invite only, but once part of the film jury, members are treated as family, coming together year after year to celebrate and award the best in the industry.
While red carpet fashion and frills crowd Instagram as Palm d’Or hopefuls parade, we’ve taken a deeper look at the festival. The following feeds include directors, actors—even a jury president—not so much undiscovered as they are pros, making their quietly distinguished mark in the social space.
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@todoalmodovar
The Cannes Film Festival 2017 Jury Panel President, Pedro Almodóvar’s Instagram account is a love letter to Spanish Cinema and his own career spanning almost four decades.
Followers: 32k
@emmanuelle.seigner
Star of “Based on a True Story” and wife to controversial director Roman Polanski, Emmanuelle Seigner meets Eva Green on screen in the “erotic thriller.”
Followers: 24.8k
@isabelle.huppert
Returning to work with director Hong Sang-Soo, oscar nominee Isabelle Huppert stars in “Claire’s Camera.”
Followers: 54.3k
@johncameronmitchell
Creator of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” director John Cameron Mitchell’s film “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” is one of the four films Nicole Kidman will appear in at the festival.
Followers: 2.3k
@agnes.varda
A leading figure in French New Wave, Agnes Varda along with French street Artist JR present their documentary “Visages Villages.”
Followers: 14.8k
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