Overview
- Peter Jackson will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the opening ceremony, with his Rendezvous conversation set for May 13 during the May 12–24 festival.
- Cate Blanchett’s Rendezvous is scheduled for May 17, paired with a festival panel where she will announce a new cohort of supported artists.
- Tilda Swinton will take part in a Rendezvous conversation on May 21.
- Rendezvous at the Festival de Cannes is a public, onstage interview series that has previously featured figures like Meryl Streep and Pedro Almodóvar.
- Jackson’s spotlight continues a long Cannes relationship that includes selling Bad Taste in the 1988 market and previewing The Lord of the Rings footage in 2001.