Cannes 2016, Day 0: The Croisette Gets Ready

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Atmosphere - The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 10: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was created as an Equirectangular Panorama. Import image into a panoramic player to create an interactive 360 degree view.) Workers unroll the Red Carpet prior The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 10, 2016 in Cannes, . (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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Staff members lay out the red carpet outside the Palais des Festivals in the southeastern French city of Cannes on May 10, 2016 on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival. / AFP / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

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French police officers stand guard outside the Palais des Festivals in the southeastern French city of Cannes on May 10, 2016 on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival. / AFP / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

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"The Angry Birds Movie" Photocall - The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 10: Josh Gad attends 'The Angry Birds Movie' Photocall during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at JW Marriott on May 10, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Danny Martindale/FilmMagic)

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Celebrity Sightings At Nice Airport - May 9, 2016 - The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival

NICE, FRANCE - MAY 09: Kristen Stewart arrives at Nice airport during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at Nice Airport on May 9, 2016 in Nice, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images)

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May 10, 2016 - Celebrity Sightings At The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 10: Susan Sarandon is seen arriving at Hotel Martinez during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at on May 10, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images)

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May 10, 2016 - Celebrity Sightings At The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 10: Eva Longoria is seen arriving at Hotel Martinez during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at on May 10, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images)

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May 10, 2016 - Celebrity Sightings At The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 10: Naomi Watts is seen arriving at Hotel Martinez during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at on May 10, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images)

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Australian director and President of the Jury George Miller gestures as he arrives on May 10, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. / AFP / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)

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May 10, 2016 - Celebrity Sightings At The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 10: Kirsten Dunst; Valeria Golino and Mads Mikkelsen are seen arriving at Jury Members Welcome Cocktail at Hotel Martinez during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at on May 10, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Luca Teuchmann/GC Images)

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Danish actor and member of the Jury Mads Mikkelsen poses on a balcony after he arrived at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, on May 10, 2016 in the French southeastern city of Cannes. / AFP / LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)

May 10, 2016

Festivals

Security is tighter than ever, the red carpet is in place, the jury has arrived. Like so many migrating birds, thousands of journalists, photographers, executives, producers, directors, sales agents and stars ranging from A to Z-lists flock to the once-sedate town in the South of France for ten days of films, deals and parties in a yearly ritual that reverberates around the world – and all the way through the end of the year, when the final fate of many of these characters will be revealed during awards season… This is how Cannes looks like on day zero of its 69th International Film Festival.

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