STEWART'S THREE MONTH CABIN FEVER

David Cronenberg was not the only one who took a showbiz satire to the Cannes Film Festival this year.

French director Olivier Assayas convinced Kristen Stewart to take on the role of a personal assistant to Juliette Binoche's middle aged actress Maria Enders. "The Clouds of Sils Maria" - a modern-day life imitating art imitating life look at the actors' private world- took the crew into the Swiss Alps on a restricted set.

Kristen Stewart said it was an intense three months of filming.

"When we were in St. Moritz, Sils Maria, like that's where we shot it, I did start to get a little bit of cabin fever. I kind of felt like Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining' for a minute there. It was like we were all living in this old stuffy hotel and it was just like and we were so obsessed with making this movie and every second of our lives was devoted to focussing on this movie that it becomes this isolated obsessive environment but it's amazing, that's what it should be," she related, adding "I'm into that. I really like intense bursts of like take these three months and think about nothing but this but it definitely got a little... I mean at a certain point I was like 'OK, we need to all relax a little bit.'"

The drama tells the story of a European thespian who is asked to play the part of the older woman in a remake of the play that made her famous. It's a decision over which she agonizes for a long time, but her assistant convinces her to shed away any lingering doubts. In the process, they poke fun of Hollywood conventions, entertainment media and also weigh topics such as ageing performers, and the industry that swallows people up and chews them up.

Stewart said it was the opportunity to act opposite Binoche and be directed that Assayas that made her accept the part but also the chance to analyze various of aspects of showbiz.

"I comment on the sort of potential for the media to be and it's very commonly incredibly superficial. It's not 'yeah, I'm being nice right now, but basically saying this is so silly and not in an interview, not to you right now, but in a film that really means something that it's a different thing. So that was definitely satisfying to say some of those lines to her," she explained.

Chloe Grace Moretz takes on the role of the young starlet reprising the role originally played by Binoche's Maria Enders. Her character is that of a troubled star whose drunken antics and outrageous behavior is all over the tabloids and online blogs. As an up-and-comer, Moretz says she noticed that her working life has been hijacked by the social media.

"Every time I go to a meeting I get asked, 'do you, are you on social media? And if you are how many followers do you have?' and I find that really weird because instead of being asked like 'oh what movies do you want to do? what do you want to approach?' they kind of ask what is your internet social standing which I find really annoying."

The film is in competition at Cannes Film Festival. The winner of the Palme d'Or is announced Saturday (24 MAY 2014.)

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1. Trailer clip: "The Clouds of Sils Maria"

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart/Actress - what motivated her to take on the role:

"I think the fear that motivated me here was working with Juliette. And with Olivier as well. It's just such a different setting for an American actress. It's a very European feeling film. It thinks a lot, it doesn't package its ideas and deliver them to you. I think it takes its on ride and it's really complex and what scared me was hitting it perfectly and striking this balance and this was an opportunity to really make the point hit home. I play an assistant to an actress, I comment on the sort of potential for the media to be and it's very commonly incredibly superficial. It's not 'yeah, I'm being nice right now, but basically saying this is so silly and not in an interview, not to you right now, but in a film that really means something that it's a different thing. So that was definitely satisfying to say some of those lines to her and not scary, just really satisfying."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivier Assayas/Director - why he thought of Stewart for the part:

"I met her, it's really via my producer Charles Gillibert, he produced 'On the Road' and so I met Kristen through him in a completely, I mean I was not thinking about this film, I had not written it so it's. But I liked her very much. I thought that was something to her that was extraordinarily powerful and I thought that movies had not used half of it. So I thought that I saw someone who had done great things but had greater things to do."

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4. Trailer clip: "The Clouds of Sils Maria"

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart/Actress - on working on location in the Alps:

"Actually I must say when we were in St. Moritz, Sils Maria, like that's where we shot it, I did start to get a little bit of cabin fever. I kind of felt like Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining' for a minute there. It was like we were all living in this old stuffy hotel and it was just like and we were so obsessed with making this movie and every second of our lives was devoted to focussing on this movie that it becomes this isolated obsessive environment but it's amazing, that's what it should be. I'm into that. I really like intense bursts of like take these three months and think about nothing but this but it definitely got a little... I mean at a certain point I was like 'OK, we need to all relax a little bit.'"

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6. Trailer clip: "The Clouds of Sils Maria"

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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloe Grace Moretz/Actress - on how the internet has changed things for actors:

"I think it's weird because like for me, what's weird for me is every time I go to a meeting I get asked, 'do you, are you on social media? And if you are how many followers do you have?' and I find that really weird because instead of being asked like 'oh what movies do you want to do? what do you want to approach?' they kind of ask what is your internet social standing which I find really annoying. It's become, as a young actor it's become as a whole part of your career that if you don't instagram your movies, that if you don't tweet your movies and stuff like that, they're not going to succeed kind of thing."

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8. Trailer clip: "The Clouds of Sils Maria"

KRISTEN STEWART: YES, I'VE GOOGLED MYSELF

Have you ever Googled yourself?

If so, chances are you've found hundreds of people with your name and very little to point to your recent activities... unless you're a Hollywood star of course.

For example, if you type "Kristen Stewart" into the Internet search engine, you'll get about 7,290,000 results.

The "Twilight" star's latest role is in new drama "Clouds of Sils Maria" - a life-imitating-art-imitating-life look at the private worlds of famous actresses.

Stewart plays personal assistant to Juliette Binoche's middle-aged actress Maria Enders, who is asked to star in a revival of a play she did earlier in her career.

But now she's been approach to play an older character in the story, while a younger actress plays the part that made her famous.

As she tries to decide whether or not to accept the role, Enders Googles her potential co-stars - including young starlet Jo-Ann Ellis (Chloe Grace Moretz) - in order to find out more about their history.

Stewart admits she's often gone online to look up future castmates.

I mean I like to know what's going on," she explains. "I don't want to walk in to a room and ever think that there's something that these people know or think and I don't know it. But, at the same time, it literally is as easy as turning around and it's not there any more, do you know what I mean? It's like it doesn't touch you. It never is actually able to affect me in anyway. But yeah, hell yeah, I know what's going on. Google everyone, totally. I want to know what people are doing."

But has she ever Googled herself?

"I don't sit obsessively Googling myself, but I really think it's awkward when actors sit and say 'oh no, no I've never done that.' It's like 'you don't want to know? You don't want to know what's going on?' So yeah of course. And also this movie would be much more... it would be irrelevant if I didn't. Of course I do. This is a huge commentary on that world itself, so yeah."

Moretz and Binoche, who are often at loggerheads in the movie, also disagree when it comes to looking for information on other actors.

"Yeah. You want to know about what they are doing, you know?" says the youngster.

"Not really. Do you?" questions Binoche.

"Sometimes. To see if their like work ethic is clean," admits Moretz. "Okay! I'm from the generation of Google, so I'm sorry."

French director Olivier Assayas also uses the Internet to search for future workmates.

"I'm interested in Internet, I'm interested in exploring it, using it. I think it's the most fantastic tool when you're writing," he says. "I look up actors just to see the photos. Just to see what they look like now, something like that. I see it as a work tool."

"Clouds of Sils Maria" release dates:

Romania - 28 November 2014

Taiwan - 28 November 2014

Portugal - 4 December 2014

Singapore - 5 December 2014 (Singapore International Film Festival)

Slovenia - 15 December 2014

Germany - 18 December 2014

Austria - 19 December 2014

Turkey - 19 December 2014

Brazil - 1 January 2015

Poland - 16 January 2015

Norway - 20 February 2015

Australia - 26 February 2015

USA - 27 March 2015

UK - 8 May 2015

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on whether she ever Googles herself or her co-stars:

(Reporter: "Do you Google yourself, do you Google your co-stars?")

Stewart: "Yeah, I mean I like to know what's going on. It's a very different thing though. If you, like, it doesn't ever touch you. If you're asking it affects me, like why do I do it? Literally I'm somebody who is kind of a control freak. I'm like obsessively... like I want to be self aware. I don't want to walk in to a room and ever think that there's something that these people know or think and I don't know it. But, at the same time, it literally is as easy as turning around and it's not there any more, do you know what I mean? It's like it doesn't touch you. It never is actually able to affect me in anyway. But yeah, hell yeah, I know what's going on. Google everyone, totally. I want to know what people are doing."

(Reporter: "What about yourself? Are you afraid of doing that?")

Stewart: "No, not really. That's the thing. I don't sit obsessively Googling myself, but I really think it's awkward when actors sit and say 'oh no, no I've never done that.' It's like 'you don't want to know? You don't want to know what's going on?' So yeah of course. And also this movie would be much more... it would be irrelevant if I didn't. Of course I do. This is a huge commentary on that world itself, so yeah."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloe Grace Moretz and Juliette Binoche, actresses - on whether they ever Google themselves or their co-stars:

(Reporter: "Do you ever Google future co-stars like they do in the film?")

Binoche: "Of course yes, you've got to know about them."

Grace Moretz: "Yeah. You want to know about what they are doing, you know?"

(Reporter: "If they are stumbling out of clubs, if it's going to be a problem.")

Grace Moretz: "For sure, sometimes."

Binoche: "Not really. Do you?"

Grace Moretz: "Sometimes. To see if their like work ethic is clean."

Binoche: "Yeah."

Grace Moretz: "You know what I mean? Like on Google. You know with Jo-Ann Ellis."

Binoche: "You see if they are clean? That they are OK to work with?"

Grace Moretz: "Yeah because if they're partying a lot and got DUIs it's kind of sketchy. I don't know. Okay! I'm from the generation of Google, so I'm sorry."

Binoche: "I Google to know what they have done and see interviews and what's going on, you know, but..."

Grace Moretz: "She IMDBs."

Binoche: "Yeah."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivier Assayas, director - on whether he ever Googles himself or the actors he might potentially work with:

"I Google other people but I just don't want to see... I mean I don't feel I have a relationship to the Olivier Assayas on the Internet. I'm basically not interested. I'm interested in Internet, I'm interested in exploring it, using it. I think it's the most fantastic tool when you're writing."

(Reporter: "Do you Google actors you are potentially interested working with?")

Assayas: "Yes, of course."

(Reporter: "See what they are up to?")

Assayas: "Yeah I look at photos, I look at... I don't have the patience to read stuff, but usually when I'm casting a film yeah. I look up actors just to see the photos. Just to see what they look like now, something like that. I see it as a work tool."

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4. Trailer clip: "Clouds of Sils Maria"

1. Sit-down interview with Kristen Stewart.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart/Actress - what motivated her to take on the role:

"I think the fear that motivated me here was working with Juliette. And with Olivier as well. It's just such a different setting for an American actress. It's a very European feeling film. It thinks a lot, it doesn't package its ideas and deliver them to you. I think it takes its on ride and it's really complex and what scared me was hitting it perfectly and striking this balance and this was an opportunity to really make the point hit home. I play an assistant to an actress, I comment on the sort of potential for the media to be and it's very commonly incredibly superficial. It's not yeah, I'm being nice right now, but basically saying this is so silly and not in an interview, not to you right now, but in a film that really means something that it's a different thing. So that was definitely satisfying to say some of those lines to her and not scary, just really satisfying."

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Cannes, France 24 May 2014

SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart/Actress - on working on location in the Alps:

"Actually I must say when we were in St. Moritz, Sils Maria, like that's where we shot it, I did start to get a little bit of cabin fever. I kind of felt like Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining' for a minute there. It was like we were all living in this old stuffy hotel and it was just like and we were so obsessed with making this movie and every second of our lives was devoted to focusing on this movie that it becomes this isolated obsessive environment but it's amazing, that's what it should be. I'm into that. I really like intense bursts of like take these three months and think about nothing but this, but it definitely got a little... I mean at a certain point I was like 'OK, we need to all relax a little bit.'"

'PULP' ON 'CLOUDS'

Quentin Tarantino and the stars of "Pulp Fiction" walked the red carpet in Cannes on Friday night (23 MAY 2014) for the premiere of "Clouds of Sils Maria."

The acclaimed American director is at the festival this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his cult classic, which won the festival's top prize in 1994.

They were joined at the event by French director Olivier Assayas and his "Sils Maria" cast, which includes Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche, and Chloe Grace Moretz.

Assayas' latest offering is showing in competition at this year's festival which draws to a close on Sunday.

Tarantino will also be helping to close the 67th edition of the festival with a tribute to Sergio Leone.

The filmmaker will present a restored version of Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) at the May 24 closing ceremony.

Usually, the Palme d'Or winner is screened at the Cannes closing ceremony, but this year's schedule has been tweaked because of European elections.

The Palme d'Or winner will be shown Sunday (25 MAY 2014) instead.

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4. Catherine Deneuve arrival

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6. Various of "Pulp Fiction" arrivals including Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, John Travolta and Kelly Preston

7. Tilt up Kristen Stewart

8. Cutaway of press

9. Various of "Clouds of Sils Maria" arrivals including Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche, Chloe Grace Moretz and Olivier Assayas

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1.Various shots Kristen Stewart on red carpet

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, director – on showing her short film in Cannes:

"Oh my God, I'm like tripping out. It's crazy. I mean honestly, I think like Thierry (Fremaux, festival director), like he's being nice to me or something. He's just like, 'OK you can show your little movie here.' I'm like, 'Thank you!' Yeah, no, I've been coming here for a bit so I think they're just like yeah, sure, you can show your little film, which I'm very appreciate of."

3. Various shots Kristen Stewart photoshoot

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, director – on making her first short film:

"It took me so long to make a short film, like, I thought that I was going to be the youngest director. I was working with Jodie Foster on 'Panic Room' and I was like, 'I'm going to direct. I'm going to be the youngest director that like exists.' And it turns out that it's just, for me, this process is like it's slow. It's really slow. But I told her I was doing this short and she was like, 'Great! Finally! What took you so long?' I was like, 'I don't know, I was finding the right thing and writing it and putting it together. And I don't know, I work with like such incredible people that make, that fill me with, you know, they have like a key and they unlock things. I don't know if I can do that,' you know what I mean? Like a lot of self-doubt definitely keeps you from things. But then she was like, 'Dude, the first thing you're going to realize is that you have nothing to learn.' And every day on set I would go to work like so, not nervous, but I would be anticipating this was going to be the day that someone comes and asks me a question and I don't have the answer and it just never happened. Instead it was just like how many more questions can we ask each other? Like it was the most fun I've ever had doing anything and yeah it just made itself. It literally just sort of went 'boom' and I was like 'wow.' I mean we worked our asses off but at the end of it I was just like, I look at it and it's its own thing and it's like I'm so proud of it. It's not even like I'm proud of myself, I'm proud of it."

5. Tilt up Kristen Stewart posing for photographs

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, director – on the theme of her movie:

"You think like an actor making their first thing it's usually like people talking to each other, like talking head movie thing, which I would love to do too. But this was more about externalizing a very internal feeling that you don't really talk about and I think we kind of nailed that in the first part. The first part is basically like this really crazy aggrandized pain that this guy is just like viscerally, very esoterically experiencing, like nobody has ever been in that much pain, which is always how you feel when you're super sad. What you don't realize when you're trudging through that water, like you feel like you're so like alone in that, you step outside of it and you realize like, dude, everyone is looking at you like you're just kind of like pathetic, you're just sad and I get it and we all have been there. But when you're in it you actually feel like you can't participate like in life."

7. Various shots Kristen Stewart photoshoot

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, director:

"I am so sensitive it drives me crazy. Like it just, yeah. It's funny (that) the first movie I wanted to make was basically just… it's a movie about somebody who is like, 'You don't get it! It's horrible!' And I do realize that everyone goes through that but I… yeah, I'm kind of a pussy."

9. Medium shot Kristen Stewart photoshoot

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, director – on future plans:

"I mean I love acting too though. Like I don't want to trade one for the other, but acting in movies is so time consuming that I need to sort of be like, 'no.' I need to sort of allow myself to not be greedy or something. Like I always get nervous. I'm like, 'Oh wait, let me read absolutely everything because what if there's something that I really want' and then all you end up doing is acting in movies. So there's this one thing I want to adapt, I want to expand this short into a longer thing and I have one other short that I want to do. So right now that's what I'm focused on."

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KRISTEN STEWART: "I AM SO SENSITIVE IT DRIVES ME CRAZY"

Kristen Stewart's directing ambitions go all the way back to when she was an 11-year-old performing in the 2002 David Fincher thriller "Panic Room."

"I was working with Jodie Foster and I was like, 'I'm going to direct. I'm going to be the youngest director that like exists,'" Stewart recalled in an interview at the Cannes Film Festival.

It took longer than Stewart expected, but she has now made a short film titled "Come Swim" that, after debuting at Sundance, she has brought to Cannes.

It announces her filmmaking ambitions and opens a new chapter in the fast-moving career of the 27-year-old actress.

Stewart is already developing several other projects and plans to turn "Come Swim" into a feature-length film.

When she told Foster she was finally making something, Stewart says, "She was like, 'Dude, the first thing you're going to realize is that you have nothing to learn."

"Come Swim," which will later debut on the women's website Refinery 29, isn't your standard actor-made directorial debut.

It's a 17-minute metaphorical rendering of a feeling, of the overwhelming oppression of heartbreak and grief.

A man is submerged, literally, by water everywhere.

Stewart describes the film as about "aggrandized pain" and says its imagery has haunted her for four years.

"You don't realize when you're trudging through that water, you feel so alone," Stewart says on a balcony overlooking the Cannes coastline. "We've all been there. But when you're in it, you feel like you can't participate in life."

In many ways, "Come Swim" reflects something essential about Stewart: she is hyper alert to her surroundings and her emotions.

It's a quality that has probably helped make her, in the eyes of many (particularly the French, who made her the first American actress to win a Cesar award for the Cannes entry "The Clouds of Sils Maria") a performer of twitchy, alive sensitivity.

"I am so sensitive it drives me crazy," says Stewart. "It's funny (that) the first movie I wanted to make was basically just a movie about somebody who is like, 'You don't get it! It's horrible!'"

Cannes has been an especially meaningful place for Stewart, having come here with her two Olivier Assayas collaborations, "Personal Shopper" and "Clouds of Sils Maria," and the Jack Kerouac adaptation "On the Road."

Still, coming to Cannes as a director is what most filmmakers dream of.

"Oh my God, I'm like tripping out. It's crazy. I mean honestly, I think Thierry (Fremaux, festival director), is being nice to me or something," says Stewart. "He's just like, 'OK you can show your little movie here.' I'm like, 'Thank you!'"

Right now, she's trying to carve our more time for directing — a challenge for a performer drawn to independent productions.

"I mean I love acting too, though. Like I don't want to trade one for the other. But acting in movies is so time consuming that I need to sort of be like, 'No.' I need to sort of allow myself to not be greedy or something," says Stewart.

Making "Come Swim," she says, is the most fun she's had on a set.

"I look at it and it's its own thing and it's like, 'I'm so proud of it,'" says Stewart. "It's not even like I'm proud of myself. I'm proud of it."

DIRECTOR ASSAYAS RESPONDS TO BOOS IN CANNES

French director Olivier Assayas has responded to the reported boos that his film "Personal Shopper" received at a press screening in Cannes on Monday night.

Speaking at the movie's press conference on Tuesday (17 MAY 2016), Assayas said he wasn't concerned about the reaction to his latest project.

"Movies have a life of their own, you know? What is exciting about Cannes, it's yesterday no one had seen the film, basically we had not screened it so we had no idea how it plays with an audience. And now today, everybody has seen it, like the whole world has seen it. It's everywhere. So it's a very intense, very powerful moment. I suppose it has to do with giving birth or something. People have expectations of a film and, all of a sudden, the film is something else. There is this adaptation between the film and reality. In Cannes, it's the extreme version of it. So when you come to Cannes, you're prepared. You're prepared for anything really "

Booing has a long tradition at Cannes where many jeered or divisive films have gone on to become well regarded.

In general, the critical reaction to the movie has been positive, with critics praising Kristen Stewart's performance. "Personal Shopper" is Stewart's second movie at the festival - she also appears in the Woody Allen's "Cafe Society."

Assayas' film follows Stewart's character Maureen - the personal shopper of the title - who is mourning the loss of her twin brother, whom she believes she can communicate with spiritually.

"She's incredibly physical," said Stewart of her character. "It was fun to play somebody who was sort of like... what's the word I'm looking for, dude? Just capable. Sometimes I do feel a little bit like I've had my limbs cut off. That's not to say that that's a bad feeling. It's surreal. It is different "

This is Stewart's second collaboration with Assayas. She previously starred in his movie "Clouds of Silas Maria," which screened at Cannes in 2014.

"There's a flame that he lights under my ass that is stronger than I have ever felt," smiled Stewart. "I really try to navigate my career, really like, by feel and I just feel him (Assayas). The idea that he can be the catalyst of a thought process and really allow me to have it. Really lets it be mine."

Stewart recently worked with Oscar-winning director Ang Lee on his new film, "Billy Flynn's Long Halftime Walk."

"With my experience with Ang (Lee), honestly, there were emotional beats that I needed to hit in order to service that story. In this case, I didn't know what the hell I was doing ever. But they both have a natural, sort of... As both of them probably have expectations, they temper them and they do not reveal them to the actors. I don't know, I love... they're great. They're cool guys."

"Personal Shopper" is competing for the Cannes Film Festival's top honor – the Palme d'Or, which will be awarded on Sunday, May 22.

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Cannes, France, 17 May 2016

1. Tracking shot of Kristen Stewart, actress, Olivier Assayas, director, and Sigrid Bouaziz, actress, walking into press conference

2. Medium shot Kristen Stewart

3. Pull focus from camera phone to Kristen Stewart

4. Pan across panel - left - right: Charles Gillibert, producer, Stewart, Assayas, Bouaziz, and Lars Eidinger, actor

5. Wide shot press conference

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on her character:

"She's incredibly physical. So it was fun to play somebody who was sort of like... what's the word I'm looking for, dude? Just capable. Sometimes I do feel a little bit like I've had my limbs cut off. That's not to say that that's a bad feeling. It's surreal. It is different "

7. Pan from desk to Stewart and Assayas

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivier Assayas, director - on the film getting booed:

"Movies have a life of their own, you know? What is exciting about Cannes, it's yesterday no one had seen the film, basically we had not screened it so we had no idea how it plays with an audience. And now today, everybody has seen it, like the whole world has seen it. It's everywhere. So it's a very intense, very powerful moment. I suppose it has to do with giving birth or something. People have expectations of a film and, all of a sudden, the film is something else. There is this adaptation between the film and reality. In Cannes, it's the extreme version of it. So when you come to Cannes, you're prepared. You're prepared for anything really "

9. Pan from camera to wide shot press conference

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on how to generate fear while making the movie:

"The constant nature of life is so terrifying. You can't get away from it. Like right now, I can't get out, I can't get out of here, I cannot get out of right here and that is scary. All of this stuff I was thinking about... and in relation to how I was scared in 'Twilight' is… I don't know."

11. Wide of reporters typing on laptops with tilt up to stage

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on working with Olivier Assayas:

"There's a flame that he lights under my ass that is stronger than I have ever felt. Honestly that's just… I don't know why, but some people… I really try to navigate my career, really like, by feel and I just feel him (Assayas). The idea that he can be the catalyst of a thought process and really allow me to have it. Really lets it be mine."

13. Tilt down from poster to cast and director on stage

14. Medium shot photographer

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - comparing working with Ang Lee to Assayas:

"With my experience with Ang (Lee), honestly, there were emotional beats that I needed to hit in order to service that story. In this case, I didn't know what the hell I was doing ever. But they both have a natural, sort of... As both of them probably have expectations, they temper them and they do not reveal them to the actors. I don't know, I love... they're great. They're cool guys."

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STEWART SAYS SHE'S FINALLY COMFORTABLE IN HER OWN SKIN

Kristen Stewart says she feels "pretty good" in her own skin, but that hasn't always been the case.

The 26-year-old, who found global fame as Bella in the hit "Twilight" movies, has been acting since childhood and admits she's struggled with confidence and self-esteem over the years.

"I understand anxiety, I definitely understand not really being able to find balance between mind and body and having to struggle with that. But I feel pretty good in my own skin, luckily. It took some time, but I feel pretty good," she said, while promoting her new movie, "Personal Shopper," at the Cannes Film Festival.

However, there are occasional moments when she wishes she was someone else.

"Sure, I would love to have a different face that I could put on in the morning so I could go grab some groceries, but I don't struggle with that aversion to myself," she noted.

Directed by Olivier Assayas, "Personal Shopper," a psychological thriller, sees Stewart star as the fashion assistant of the title. It follows her award-winning role as a famous actress's personal assistant in Assayas' previous film, "Clouds of Sils Maria."

"I think she's amazing. I can't praise her enough," said Assayas of his leading lady. "I think she's a unique actress. I think she's the most authentic, genuine person and what she gives to a film is amazing, so I feel incredibly privileged to work with her."

However, for Stewart, working with Assayas was nerve-wracking.

"I was nervous when I read 'Personal Shopper' because he wrote it for me and I was like, 'What if I don't like it? What if it's not in me?' The idea of telling him that was unacceptable, but luckily I read the script and it was really just shockingly perfect for me in that moment. It was the right time for me to play that part."

In the film, her character buys designer clothes and jewelry for a celebrity, while mourning her late twin brother, with whom she believes she can communicate spiritually.

Playing a woman dealing with grief was physically and mentally challenging for Stewart.

"To live with that for two-and-a-half months and working 16 hour days and six day weeks and working for Chanel on my seventh day, every single week, I really earned the look," she said, referring to her exhausted and ultra slim appearance in the film.

"I looked like a ghoul by the end of that movie but that was what I was striving for. So, that family and that mutual commitment to that notion? Nothing makes me happier than that. So, it was hard, but I was so happy the whole time being kind of miserable."

"Personal Shopper" is screening in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which draws to a close on Sunday, 22 May, when the winner of the Palme d'Or - the festival's top prize - is announced.

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on working with Assayas again:

"I was nervous when I read 'Personal Shopper' because he wrote it for me and I was like, 'What if I don't like it? What if it's not in me?' The idea of telling him that was unacceptable, but luckily I read the script and it was really just shockingly perfect for me in that moment. It was the right time for me to play that part."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivier Assayas, director - on casting Stewart:

"I think she's amazing. I can't praise her enough. I think she's a unique actress. I think she's the most authentic, genuine person and what she gives to a film is amazing, so I feel incredibly privileged to be able to work with her."

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4. Trailer clip - "Personal Shopper"

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on the tough shoot/playing someone grieving:

"To live with that for two and a half months and working 16-hour days and six day weeks and working for Chanel on my seventh day, every single week, I really earned the look. I looked like a ghoul by the end of that movie but that was what I was striving for. So, that family and that mutual commitment to that notion? Nothing makes me happier than that. So, it was hard, but I was so happy the whole time being kind of miserable."

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6. Trailer clip - "Personal Shopper"

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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on whether she feels comfortable in her own skin, unlike her character Maureen in the film:

"I mean, yeah, sure, I would love to have a different face that I could put on in the morning so I could go grab some groceries. But I don't struggle with that aversion to myself. Maureen has some serious self-hate going on and she's really conflicted and guilty about what she's attracted to and I don't share that. That's a really bad place to be. I felt sorry for her in that way. I understand anxiety, I definitely understand not really being able to find balance between mind and body and having to struggle with that. But I feel pretty good in my own skin, luckily. It took some time, but I feel pretty good."

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8. Trailer clip - "Personal Shopper"

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KRISTEN STEWART PREMIERES 'PERSONAL SHOPPER' IN CANNES

Kristen Stewart and director Olivier Assayas premiered their new psychological drama, "Personal Shopper," in competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night (17 MAY 2016).

In a pair of films at the festival, Stewart makes a plaything of her celebrity, giving a homes-of-the-stars Hollywood tour in Woody Allen's 1930s-era tale "Cafe Society" and playing a fashion assistant in Assayas' movie.

Though "Personal Shopper" was met by a smattering of boos at its press screening in Cannes, Stewart has won raves for both performances. Her sly subversions of her fame - playing characters that exist just outside the real-life spotlight always fixed on her - follow her award-winning role as a famous actress's personal assistant in Assayas' "Clouds of Sils Maria."

In the mysterious "Personal Shopper," her character buys designer clothes and jewelry for a star, while mourning her late twin brother, with whom she believes she can communicate spiritually.

"Personal Shopper" is a shifty, enigmatic film that drew mixed reviews from critics. Booing has a long tradition at Cannes where many jeered or divisive films have gone on to become well-regarded.

Also walking the red carpet at the "Personal Shopper" premiere was actor Viggo Mortensen, his "Captain Fantastic" director Matt Ross and co-stars. Their film is showing in the Un Certain Regard Category.

The Cannes Film Festival runs until Sunday, 22 May.

'ON THE ROAD' HITS THE BIG SCREEN AFTER 55 YEARS

Brazilian director Walter Salles and the cast of his new movie "On The Road" attended a press conference for the film at the Cannes Film Festival today (23 May 2012).

The road movie is showing in-competition at the festival and is based on the infamous novel of the same name by Beat Generation writer, Jack Kerouac.

It stars British actor Sam Riley and U.S. stars Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst, who were joined at the press conference by fellow actors Viggo Mortensen, Tom Sturridge and Danny Morgan

"On The Road" follows a group of friends who travel across America in the late 1940s and is based on Kerouac's own experiences.

Salles' adaptation is the first film production of the classic 1957 novel, which everyone from Marlon Brando to Jean-Luc-Godard has circled over the last six decades.

Salles said he covered nearly 100,000 kilometers (more than 62,000 miles) making the film, as well as spending five years researching an as-yet-unreleased documentary.

"I retraced the route of 'On The Road' by interviewing the characters of the book who were alive, the poets from that unique generation that completely altered the face of not only north American culture, but culture in general, and also we also interviewed people from David Byrne to Wim Wenders who were very influenced by the writings of not only Kerouac but the Beat Generation in general," he explained.

In order for the actors to get into character, Salles had them live together in Montreal for a month prior to shooting - something Riley described as "boot camp."

Many of the characters in the book live hedonistic lifestyles, which meant "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart was required to appear partially nude in many scenes.

But, the sex scenes and nudity didn't phase her.

"I love scaring myself. I think to watch genuine experience on screen is just so much more interesting than seeing, you can see the tape holding up the paste-ies, you know. I wanted to do it - the reason I want to do the job is because you read something and you're provoked on some level and it's just taking that further and being able to live it and I always want to get as close to the experience as I possibly can."

"On The Road" has its world premiere at the festival Wednesday night.

The Cannes Film Festival draws to a close on Sunday 27 May, when the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced.

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1. Wide shot Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund entering press conference room

2. Medium of Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley posing for photographers

3. Wide shot "On The Road" cast

4. Close up Viggo Mortensen

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5. Trailer clip: "On The Road"

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Walter Salles, director - on research for the film:

"What I proposed was to do a documentary in search of the possible film, and for five years intermittently I retraced the route of 'On The Road' by interviewing the characters of the book who were alive, the poets from that unique generation that completely altered the face of not only north American culture, but culture in general, and also we also interviewed people from David Byrne to Wim Wenders who were very influenced by the writings of not only Kerouac but the Beat Generation in general."

7. Wide shot press conference

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Garrett Hedlund, actor - on meeting the son of Neal Cassady (the man his character is based on):

"It was really important for me. The trip that Walter and I took to San Francisco to meet with him was very beneficial because I went with a notepad full of questions and you have Neal Cassady's son there for 5 hours to rap and to ask the questions and sort of towards the end of it he said something about his father and he's doing this and I say (does an impression of Neal Cassady) 'hey, yeah John,' and he's like 'that's very good.'"

9. Cutaway photographer

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Riley, actor - on how he got into character:

"There wasn't really one thing, it was, as Walter said, it grew over the course of four weeks in the boot camp. He also had things to say about Jack, did John Cassady. I don't know if there was one thing really - we smoked the same cigarettes."

(Reporter: "That smelled funny?")

Riley: "No, no, not at all."

11. Cutaway journalists

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsten Dunst, actress - on whether she met Carolyn Cassady (the woman her character is based on):

"I haven't met Carolyn yet in person, I missed the opportunity sadly. You know, I think she was trying to live a normal life and kind of got caught up in what they were doing and suffered for it but was always, you know, I think someone who was very strong, very smart and could have done a lot had she have followed another path. Her book is actually really, really great and that is kind of what I based my choices on in the film."

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13. Trailer clip: "On The Road"

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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on doing partially nude scenes:

"Obviously everyone who does scenes like that, the first thing you say is, 'Oh I felt so safe, Walter put me in an environment that was very informed by the natural story.' But I love pushing, I love scaring myself. I think to watch genuine experience on screen is just so much more interesting than seeing, you can see the tape holding up the paste-ies, you know. I wanted to do it - the reason I want to do the job is because you read something and you're provoked on some level and it's just taking that further and being able to live it and I always want to get as close to the experience as I possibly can."

15. Medium of Kristen Stewart signing autographs at end of press conference

'ON THE ROAD' HAS CANNES WORLD PREMIERE

Brazilian director Walter Salles was joined by Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of their in-competition film, "On The Road," on Wednesday night (23 MAY.)

Also on the red carpet were their fellow co-stars Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Sturridge and Danny Morgan.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac and follows a group of friends who travel across America in the late 1940s.

The novel and film are based on Kerouac's own experiences.

Salles' adaptation is the first film production of the classic 1957 novel, which everyone from Marlon Brando to Jean-Luc-Godard has circled over the last six decades.

Other stars who walked the red carpet included Stewart's "Twilight" co-star and boyfriend, actor Robert Pattinson, as did Cannes jury member Ewan McGregor and actress and model Milla Jovovich.

The Cannes Film Festival draws to a close on Sunday (27 MAY), when the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced.

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7. Medium of actress/model Milla Jovovich

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10. Medium of (right to left) Danny Morgan, Tom Sturridge, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, director Walter Salles, Garrett Hedlund

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17. Trailer clip: "On The Road"

KENDALL JENNER STUNS AT CANNES; KRISTEN STEWART SHARES RED CARPET WITH PALME D'OR NOMINEE '120 BEATS PER MINUTE'

Kendall Jenner stunned on the red carpet in a billowing white dress Saturday (20 MAY 2017) at the Cannes Film Festival as she followed Kristen Stewart and the cast of Palme d'Or nominee "120 Beats Per Minute" up the famous steps of the Palais des Festivals.

Stewart – who seemed more reluctant to pose for the world's press photographers - was premiering her directorial debut, a short film called "Come Swim," starring Josh Kaye.

Showing as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations at the Festival, the tale uses both impressionistic and realist portraits to make up a diptych of one man's day.

She was followed by director Robin Campillo and the cast of his Palme d'Or nominated drama, "120 Beats Per Minute," for its official festival premiere.

Set in the early 1990s, the French AIDS drama has quickly joined the shortlist of favorites to win the coveted award.

One of its stars, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, was also singled out for his moving performance as an HIV-positive young man who is drawn to action.

Co-star Arnaud Valois plays a newcomer to the activist group, who falls for him.

The film's docu-drama retelling of that painful period, combined with a burgeoning spirit of unity for the gay community, earned it some of the best reviews of the festival thus far. Vanity Fair called the film "a vital new gay classic."

Campillo, himself, was an ACT UP militant activist in the '90s and had long wanted to turn his experience — one of both tragedy and inspiration — into a film.

The movie's ensemble cast also includes "Les Combattants" actress Adele Haenel .

Campillo, the co-screenwriter of the Palme d'Or-winning film, "The Class," makes his directorial debut in the competition

His 2004 film "They Came Back" was adapted into the hit French and US TV series, "The Returned" ("Les Revenants").

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'ON THE ROAD' HITS THE SCREEN AFTER NEARLY SIX DECADES

"Twilight" star Kristen Stewart teams up with British actor Sam Riley and Garrett Hudlund in new movie "On The Road."

The three young actors play the central love triangle in Brazilian director Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation novel.

"On The Road," the tale of wannabe writer (and Kerouac surrogate) Sal Paradise and his friend Dean Moriarty crisscrossing the United States in search of freedom and the elusive "it," was published in 1957.

Salles' adaptation is the first film production of the classic novel, which everyone from Marlon Brando to Jean-Luc-Godard has circled over the last six decades.

Salles covered nearly 100,000 kilometers (more than 62,000 miles) making the film, as well as spending five years researching an as-yet-unreleased documentary.

The director may have put a lot of effort into researching Kerouac and the people his characters are based on - but so did the actors.

Salles had the cast live together in Montreal for four weeks and during that time Stewart, Riley and Hedlund crammed in as much information as they could about the writer and his pals.

"We were allowed to know things about the characters. They suddenly became human. They are kind of like superheroes in the book, and they are in reality too it is just that you can only make 'On the Road' once and you can't ignore the history of it. There is the novel, there is the scroll and there is what actually happened. They all found their way into the film somehow because Walter loves and has so much respect and so much integrity that he couldn't ignore certain truths that we found out in the boot camp," explains Stewart.

While the boot camp was intense, Riley stresses that it wasn't as exhausting as it sounds:

"It sounds quite daunting, that boot camp. I thought it was going to be press ups whilst reciting poetry and sit ups listening to jazz music or something. But it was kind of like beatnik school or something. We had experts, biographers, come in and talk to us. We had the son of Neil Cassidy, who is Garret's character's son in real life and we watched documentaries from that time and about music from that time and things."

The experience also meant the actors got to bond before the cameras started rolling.

According to Riley, Salles is luckily the trio got along.

"It could have been a disaster, we could have all hated each other before we even started shooting anything but Walter managed to pick like minded people even though we were from all across the globe."

"On the Road," which premiered last week at the Cannes Film Festival, has been a long time coming.

Salles, who made the Che Guevara road movie "The Motorcycle Diaries," has been involved since 2004.

He finally got the go-ahead, with Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman Coppola producing, to shoot a film whose fourth main character is the American landscape - though Salles and his cast had to travel far and wide to recreate the 1940s U.S. setting.

The movie was shot in Canada, Chile and Mexico as well as the United States.

There may have been a lot of moving around, but Hedlund says he relished the experience.

"Every place you get it is like 'all right guys, let's go! Where are we going now?' And it was great because it was either a new country, a new town, new cities, so it is not like you're like 'I don't want to go there again, I'm just going to stay in tonight,' I was like 'I want to see this, I want to experience this, find new things, taste new foods, sip new drinks.' And yes we got to do that, which was incredible."

"On The Road" opened in France last week and is due for release in the U.S in the fall.

It hits U.K. cinemas on 21 September 2012.

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1. Trailer clip: "On the Road"

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Riley actor - on director Walter Salles creating a boot camp for the actors:

"It sounds quite daunting, that boot camp. I thought it was going to be press ups whilst reciting poetry and sit ups listening to jazz music or something. But it was kind of like beatnik school or something. We had experts, biographers, come in and talk to us. We had the son of Neil Cassidy, who is Garret's character's son in real life and we watched documentaries from that time and about music from that time and things."

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3. Trailer clip: "On The Road"

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Riley actor - on the advantages of the boot camp:

"To fill our head with everything of that era and of these people and also for us to spend time with one another before shooting so that we could get to know one another a little bit. In the hope that then the chemistry would be good. It could have been a disaster, we could have all hated each other before we even started shooting anything but Walter managed to pick like minded people even though we were from all across the globe."

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Stewart, actress - on what they did at boot camp:

"We were allowed to know things about the characters. They suddenly became human. They are kind of like superheroes in the book, and they are in reality too it is just that you can only make 'On the Road' once and you can't ignore the history of it. There is the novel, there is the scroll and there is what actually happened. They all found their way into the film somehow because Walter loves and has so much respect and so much integrity that he couldn't ignore certain truths that we found out in the boot camp."

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6. Trailer clip: "On The Road"

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Cannes, France, 24 May 2012

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Garrett Hudlund, actor - on traveling to make the film:

"Every place you get it is like 'all right guys, let's go! Where are we going now?' And it was great because it was either a new country, a new town, new cities, so it is not like you're like 'I don't want to go there again, I'm just going to stay in tonight,' I was like 'I want to see this, I want to experience this, find new things, taste new foods, sip new drinks.' And yes we got to do that, which was incredible."

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8. Trailer clip: "On The Road"

'ON THE ROAD' IN CANNES

Brazilian director Walter Salles and the cast of his new movie "On The Road" arrived for a photo-call Wednesday (23rd May 2012) ahead of a press conference for the film at the Cannes Film Festival.

"On The Road" is showing in-competition at the festival and is based on the novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac.

It stars British actor Sam Riley and U.S. stars Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst.

They were joined by fellow co-stars Viggo Mortensen, Tom Sturridge and Danny Morgan.

"On The Road" follows a group of friends who travel across America in the late 1940s.

The novel and film are based on Kerouac's own experiences.

The Cannes Film Festival draws to a close on Sunday 27 May, when the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced.

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Cannes, France, 23 May 2012

1. Wide shot fans waiting for the arrival of the "On The Road" cast

2. Medium of actor Viggo Mortensen, director Walter Salles and actor Danny Morgan arriving

3. Medium of actor Garrett Hedlund arriving

4. Wide of Garrett Hedlund signing autographs, pan to Viggo Mortensen walking up stairs

5. Wide of Kirsten Dunst getting out of car, pan to Kristen Stewart arriving and walking up stairs

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7. Trailer clip: "On The Road"

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The opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival 2016 with a celeb-filled red carpet including, Gong Li, Julianne Moore, Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts, Eva Longoria, Doutzen Kroes, Paolo Sorrentino, Gael Garcia Bernal, Victoria Beckham, Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick

82 WOMEN WALK THE RED CARPET IN CANNES FILM FEST PROTEST

Eighty-two women climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday (12 MAY 2018) in an unprecedented red carpet protest to press for improved gender equality in the film industry.

The number of stars, filmmakers and film industry professionals ascending the steps represented the number of female filmmakers who have been selected to compete at Cannes during the festival's seven-decade history.

In contrast to their 82, 1,866 films directed by men have been picked for the prestigious festival lineup.

Organizers said the event was orchestrated by the Time's Up movement and the French movement known as 5020x2020 to show "how hard it is still to climb the social and professional ladder" for women.

It brought an array of film industry professionals to the Cannes red carpet, including actresses Salma Hayek and Jane Fonda, "Wonder Woman" filmmaker Patty Jenkins and French director Agnes Varda, a recipient of an honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Also joining were the five female members of this year's Cannes jury: Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart, Ava DuVernay, Lea Seydoux and Burundian singer Khadja Nin. Blanchett read a statement atop the Palais steps in English; Varda read it in French.

The protest was held ahead of the premiere of French filmmaker Eva Husson's "Girls of the Sun," which is about a Kurdish battalion of women soldiers. Husson is one of three female filmmakers out of the 21 movies in competition for the Palme d'Or this year.

The other two — Nadine Labaki's "Capernaum," and Alice Rohrwacher's "Happy as Lazzaro" — are to premiere next week.

Cannes has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years over the number of female directors selected into its main slate, considered one of the most esteemed achievements in cinema. Jane Campion is the only female filmmaker to ever win the Palme.

The festival supported Saturday's protest. Festival director Thierry Fremaux earlier this week hailed Saturday's event as a way for women "to affirm their presence."

Fremaux has repeatedly insisted that the festival chooses its films purely based on quality. But he's also signaled that the festival is reanalyzing its procedures and making its selection committees gender-balanced.

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1. Medium shot, pull out to wide Kirsten Stewart, Lea Seydoux, Khadja Nin, Ava DuVernay and Cate Blanchett arrival

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3. Various Salma Hayek, Sofia Boutella, Patty Jenkins and other film makers arrive

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6. Wide shot Eighty two film industry professionals stand on the steps of the Palais des Festivals

7. UPSOUND (French/English) Cate Blanchett, actress, jury president: "Madame and monsieur bienvenue. On these steps today stand 82 women."

8. Cutaway crowd

9. Wide shot Eighty two film industry professionals stand on the steps of the Palais des Festivals

UPSOUND (English) Cate Blanchett, actress, jury president:

"The prestigious Palme d'Or has been bestowed upon 71 male directors, too numerous to mention by name but only two female directors, Jane Campion, who is with us in spirit and the wonderful Agnès Varda who stand with us today. These facts are stark and undeniable."

10. Cutaway camera operator

11. UPSOUND (English) Cate Blanchett, actress, jury president:

"We all face our own unique challenges but we stand together on these steps today as a symbol of our determination and our commitment to progress. We are writers, we are producers, we are directors, actresses, cinematographers, talent agent, editors, distributors, sales agents and all of us are involved in the cinematic arts. And we stand today in solidarity with women of all industries."

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14. Tilt down from front of Palais des Festivals to wide of women clapping on the steps

RED CARPET ROLLED OUT AHEAD OF OPENING NIGHT OF 67th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

The red carpet has been rolled out over the famous steps of the Cannes Film Festival, ready to welcome the stars at the opening gala in a few hours time.

The 67th Cannes Film Festival will open Wednesday evening (14 May 2014) with Nicole Kidman's new movie "Grace of Monaco."

Directed by Olivier Dahan, it stars Kidman as screen icon Grace Kelly, torn between her duties as Princess of Monaco and the chance to return to Hollywood to star in an Alfred Hitchcock film.

This year brings a selection somewhat light on Hollywood and perhaps missing some of the year's most anticipated releases (like Paul Thomas Anderson's "Inherent Vice," due in December).

But it's heavy on world-class auteurs, including Jean-Luc Godard, Ken Loach, the Dardenne brothers, Mike Leigh and Michel Hazanavicius, returning to where his film "The Artist" became a sensation.

Films in competition will bring a bevy of A-listers to the prestigious red carpet, including both former "Twilight" co-stars Robert Pattinson (in "Maps to the Stars" and the Aussie outback thriller "The Rover") and Kristen Stewart (in Olivier Assayas' "Clouds of Sils Maria").

Ryan Gosling presents his directorial debut, "Lost River."

Notably this year has a bigger presence of women, with two female directors competing in the main competition and five women on the jury - which is headed up by Jane Campion.

The 67th Cannes Film Festival runs through until Sunday 25th May.

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9. Close up of carpet being laid on steps

10. Mid shot men laying carpet on the steps

11. Wide pan end of red carpet area to steps

12. Mid shot onlookers taking photographs

13. Close up reflection of the red carpet area in woman's sunglasses

14. Pull out from Cannes banner to wide shot of the red carpet

15. Mid of man taking plastic cover off roll of red carpet

16. Close up corner of carpet being cut to size

17. Wide shot last roll of carpet being rolled out

18. Pan from photographers to red carpet area

19. Pull out to wide shot red carpet area

20. Close up carpet being laid

21. Pan from onlooker to wide shot of the red carpet

22. Close up red carpet being stamped into position

23. Wide tilt down steps to red carpet

24. Close up reflection of red carpet in man's sunglasses

25. Tilt up of steps