Kevin Costner, Barry Keoghan, Hunter Schafer, Bella Hadid, Jesse Plemons and More in The Hollywood Reporter’s Cannes Film Festival Photo Portfolio

“I’ve been to Cannes with films that won the Palme D’or; others have done quite well, and some have really not done well. I know the A to Z of Cannes emotions — but it’s always such a pleasure to be there. And it’s very important to this art form that we all love.”

Important words from Kinds of Kindness star Willem Dafoe about how it really feels to attend the world’s most iconic film festival as a veteran who has fielded varying levels of kindness from the Cannes crowd over the years — not to mention differing durations of those much buzzed-about standing ovations.

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As the 77th edition comes to a close, emotions were high and the love for the art form seemed stronger than ever as auteurs, stars, glitterati and industry insiders converged in the South of France for nearly two weeks of cinematic adventures in and around the Palais des Festivals. While Dafoe can lay claim for the A to Z of emotions, The Hollywood Reporter has the A (for A-list) to G (for glamour) covered in the annual portfolio from Julian Ungano. The award-winning filmmaker, photographer, creative director and visual storyteller was once again hustling up and down the Croisette to capture behind-the-scenes portraits of the biggest stars of Cannes 2024.

This year’s exclusive set of images, seen below, capture moments with Dafoe and his Kinds of Kindness clan with filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and actors Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Margaret Qualley and Hunter Schafer; Horizon: An American Saga filmmaker Kevin Costner and one of his actors, Tom Payne; supermodel Bella Hadid; Bird stars Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski; Megalopolis breakouts Nathalie Emmanuel and Chloe Fineman; Being Maria star Matt Dillon; The Shrouds’ Vincent Cassel; and a gravity-defying portrait of French actor Lucas Bravo.

Back to those emotions. Being in Cannes can and usually does deliver a range that can take some time to process. Just ask Costner. “I actually started walking my life backwards for a second,” Costner told Jimmy Kimmel upon landing back in L.A. about what he was thinking during the lengthy standing ovation for his Western from Warner Bros. “I kind of went back to the beginning and wondering, you know, how I even ended up at a place like that.”

Bella Hadid

Kevin Costner for Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1

Hunter Schafer for Kinds of Kindness

Barry Keoghan for Bird

Willem Dafoe for Kinds of Kindness

Edgar Ramirez for Emilia Perez

Chloe Fineman for Megalopolis

Jesse Plemons for Kinds of Kindness

Nathalie Emmanuel for Megalopolis

Matt Dillon for Being Maria

Franz Rogowski for Bird

Margaret Qualley for Kinds of Kindness, The Substance

Vincent Cassel for The Shrouds

Joe Alwyn for Kinds of Kindness

Noémie Merlant for The Balconettes

Vicky Krieps, member of the Un Certain Regard jury

Yorgos Lanthimos and Jesse Plemons for Kinds of Kindness

Emma Todt

Hong Chau for Kinds of Kindness

Lucas Bravo for The Balconettes

Hannah Dodd

Mamoudou Athie for Kinds of Kindness

Lily Collias for Good One

Tom Payne for Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1

Olivia Rouyre

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