DUBAI: Mohammed Al-Turki, the CEO of 海角直播鈥檚 Red Sea Film Festival, attended the opening ceremony of 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival as Lebanese actress-director Nadine Labaki posed on the red carpet alongside her fellow Cannes jury members.
Al-Turki took to social media to post pictures from the red carpet, where he posed alongside Jomana Al-Rashid, CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group. He captioned the post, 鈥淏eautiful and inspiring opening night @festivaldecannes聽repping聽@redseafilm聽with聽@jomanaalrashid!聽Congratulations聽Thiery and Iris for a great start for what I鈥檓 sure will be an edition that exceeds all expectations,鈥 referring to artistic director Thierry Fremaux and festival president Iris Knobloch.
Mohammed聽Al-Turki posed alongside Jomana Al-Rashid, CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group. (Getty Images)
The opening night film was 鈥淭he Second Act,鈥 a comedy starring L茅a Seydoux and Louis Garrel.
However, before 鈥淭he Second Act鈥 was screened for the audience, Cannes presented its jury, which includes Omar Sy, Lily Gladstone, Nadine Labaki, Ebru Ceylan, Hirokazu Kore-eda, J.A. Bayona and Greta Gerwig.
The Cannes Film Festival jury features Lebanese director-actress Nadine Labaki (fourth from the left). (Getty Images)
The star of the night was US veteran actress聽Meryl Streep, on hand to receive an honorary Palme d鈥橭r. Taking the stage to receive her honor, the Oscar-winner was greeted with a聽two-minute standing ovation. Addressing the crowd, Streep remembered words from her mother: 鈥淒arling, you鈥檒l see, it all goes so fast.鈥澛
Meanwhile, a film from 海角直播 will be screened at the film festival for the very first time.
鈥淣orah,鈥 Saudi director Tawfik Alzaidi's feature debut, has been selected in the Un Certain Regard section and will screen with 19 other entries from around the world.
