Alia Bhatt attends Cannes red carpet

Alia Bhatt appeared on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet this week as the 79th edition of the French festival moved through its opening days. Festival materials and published photographs show Bhatt at the May 12 opening ceremony and premiere of Pierre Salvadori’s “The Electric Kiss,” not on May 14 as some early social posts suggested. Cannes organizers list the 2026 festival dates as May 12 to May 23. The official live feed and media library show separate red-carpet events on May 14 for films including Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland” and Asghar Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales,” alongside interviews and photocalls involving jury member Ruth Negga and honorary Palme d’Or recipient Peter Jackson. (indianexpress.com) ### When did Alia Bhatt actually walk the Cannes red carpet? May 12 is the date attached to Bhatt’s verified Cannes red-carpet appearance in the material reviewed. The Indian Express reported that Bhatt attended the opening ceremony and the premiere of “The Electric Kiss” on Tuesday, May 12, and Reuters-distributed images carried by CNBC-TV18 identified her at that event. (festival-cannes.com) The festival’s own timeline supports that sequence. Cannes’ live page lists “LA VÉNUS ÉLECTRIQUE” — the French title for “The Electric Kiss” — on the red steps on May 12 at 20:13, immediately after the opening ceremony red-carpet entry. ### Why was there confusion around May 14? May 14 was a busy day at Cannes, with multiple premieres, photocalls and interviews appearing in the festival’s official schedule and media library. (indianexpress.com) The live feed lists red-carpet events for “Fatherland” at 18:50 and “Parallel Tales” at 21:34, while the media library also records activity around “A Woman’s Life,” “Tangles” and “El Deshielo.” (festival-cannes.com) AP photographs published from Cannes on May 14 highlighted arrivals including Demi Moore and Ruth Negga, according to the context supplied for this story. The overlap of celebrity coverage from different festival days appears to have contributed to online confusion, though the official Cannes pages reviewed do not place Bhatt on the May 14 red steps. ### What was Bhatt doing at Cannes this year? (festival-cannes.com) Reuters-captioned images carried by CNBC-TV18 described Bhatt as attending Cannes 2026 as a global ambassador for L’Oréal Paris. The same coverage said she wore a blush-toned Tamara Ralph gown for what it described as her second appearance at the festival. (festival-cannes.com) The Indian Express similarly described the outing as Bhatt’s Cannes 2026 red-carpet appearance and said she attended the opening ceremony and premiere of “The Electric Kiss.” That report said the appearance followed an earlier daytime look on the French Riviera. (cnbctv18.com) ### What else was on the Cannes schedule around that time? The Festival de Cannes says the 79th edition runs from May 12 to May 23, 2026. Its official selection release lists Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid” in the Un Certain Regard section. The festival’s French-language homepage for May 15 lists “Club Kid” screening in Salle Debussy from 14:15 to 16:21. The same page lists Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Soudain” in competition that afternoon, along with other titles across Cannes Classics and Special Screenings. (indianexpress.com) ### Which festival sources are the most useful for checking Cannes appearances? The Cannes live page is the clearest running log for red-carpet timings, photocalls and interviews. (festival-cannes.com) On May 14 alone, it logged red steps, press conferences, interviews and ceremonies with timestamps attached to each event. The festival’s media library is also useful because it archives individual red-carpet and photocall entries by film and date. (festival-cannes.com) For future checks on Bhatt or other attendees, the festival program, live page and media library together provide the most direct record of who appeared and when. May 15 is the next concrete marker in the official program, with “Club Kid” set for an afternoon Un Certain Regard screening in Salle Debussy, according to Cannes. (festival-cannes.com) The festival then continues through May 23 with additional competition premieres, jury appearances and red-carpet events. (festival-cannes.com 1) (festival-cannes.com 2)