Cannes premieres include Demi Moore, Rami Malek
- Cannes Film Festival events on May 15-17 featured premieres, red-carpet appearances and photocalls tied to Fatherland, Club Kid and Parallel Tales. - Demi Moore was one of nine feature-film jurors at the 79th festival, while Fatherland screened in Competition and Club Kid played Un Certain Regard. - Cannes runs through May 23, when Park Chan-wook’s jury, including Moore, is due to announce this year’s winners.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival moved through another stretch of premieres and photocalls from May 15 to May 17, with attention centered on Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid” and Asghar Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales.” Festival records show “Fatherland” screened in Competition, “Club Kid” was selected for Un Certain Regard, and “Parallel Tales” was part of the Competition lineup. Demi Moore, Rami Malek, Alicia Vikander, Cara Delevingne, Vincent Cassel, Isabelle Huppert and Woody Harrelson were among the names photographed around screenings, red steps and side events over the weekend. ### Which films were at the center of this Cannes stretch? The Cannes Film Festival listed “Fatherland” by Pawel Pawlikowski in Competition, with an official synopsis placing Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a postwar journey across Germany in 1949. The festival page says the 2026 film runs 82 minutes and is a co-production involving Poland, Germany, Italy and France. (festival-cannes.com) The festival’s April 9 official-selection release listed “Parallel Tales” by Asghar Farhadi in Competition and “Club Kid” by Jordan Firstman in Un Certain Regard. Separate festival media pages show “Parallel Tales” on the red steps on May 14 and “Club Kid” at a photocall published on May 15. ### Where did Demi Moore fit into the festival? (festival-cannes.com) Demi Moore arrived at Cannes as a member of the feature-film jury rather than as part of a film cast. The festival said Park Chan-wook is presiding over the 2026 feature-film jury, which includes Moore, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé, Paul Laverty, Chloé Zhao and Stellan Skarsgård. (festival-cannes.com) WWD reported Moore wore a custom red Gucci gown to the “Fatherland” premiere on Thursday, May 14, in Cannes. The publication said Moore, who is serving on the jury, paired the look with Chopard jewelry. ### What do the festival’s own records show about the screenings and photocalls? Festival media entries show a “Fatherland” red-steps event published on May 14, a “Fatherland” photocall published on May 15 and a “Fatherland” press conference also published on May 15. (festival-cannes.com) One festival caption identified August Diehl, Hanns Zischler, Pawel Pawlikowski and Sandra Hüller at the “Fatherland” photocall in Cannes on May 15. (wwd.com) Festival media pages also show “Parallel Tales” on the red steps on May 14 and at a photocall published on May 15. For “Club Kid,” the festival published a photocall page naming Jordan Firstman and Reggie Absolom on May 15. ### Which celebrities were being photographed around these events? Deadline’s Cannes photo roundup said the festival “kicked into high gear” with premieres of “Fatherland,” “Club Kid” and “Parallel Tales,” and said stars including Demi Moore, Rami Malek, Alicia Vikander, Cara Delevingne, Vincent Cassel and Isabelle Huppert turned out around screenings and photocalls. (festival-cannes.com) Yahoo’s pickup of the same gallery carried the same description. (festival-cannes.com) Festival-linked items add some of the names to specific events. A festival interview page published on May 16 named Isabelle Huppert and Adam Bessa in connection with “Histoires Parallèles,” the French title for “Parallel Tales,” while Deadline’s gallery and other entertainment-photo roundups placed additional attendees, including Woody Harrelson, in the wider Cannes orbit over the same period. (deadline.com) ### Why were May 15 to May 17 especially busy at Cannes? The festival calendar shows Cannes running from May 12 to May 23, with Competition screenings, Un Certain Regard titles, press conferences and market events stacked across the middle weekend. Press-conference listings published by the festival show activity continuing across May 16 and May 17, alongside additional photocalls and red-steps appearances. (festival-cannes.com) May 23 is the next fixed point on the schedule. The festival said Park Chan-wook’s jury, including Demi Moore, will announce the winners of the 79th edition at the close of Cannes on that date. (festival-cannes.com 1) (festival-cannes.com 2)
