Overview
- Streisand will take the stage at the festival’s closing awards ceremony on May 23, marking her first in-person appearance on the Croisette.
- In statements released with the announcement, Streisand spoke of cinema’s power to foster empathy, as Thierry Frémaux and Iris Knobloch praised her singular artistic voice.
- The 79th Festival de Cannes runs May 12–23, with the official film selection set to be unveiled on April 9.
- Press materials highlighted her EGOT status and philanthropic work, including the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center and the Streisand Foundation’s support for equality, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental causes, medical research and arts education.
- Multiple outlets report she is expected to perform during the Oscars’ In Memoriam segment in tribute to Robert Redford.