Cannes Honors Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore will receive the 2026 Women In Motion Award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17. (kering.com) Kering and the Festival de Cannes announced the honor on April 23, saying Moore will be recognized at the official Women In Motion Awards ceremony during Cannes’ 79th edition, which runs May 12 to May 23, 2026. (kering.com) (festival-cannes.com) The same announcement said Italian filmmaker Margherita Spampinato will receive the 2026 Emerging Talent Award at the same May 17 event. (kering.com) (hollywoodreporter.com) Women In Motion is Kering’s program on women in cinema and the arts, and the Cannes prize has been awarded since 2015. Kering said the award honors artists whose careers and commitments have advanced women’s place in film and society. (kering.com) (variety.com) In the release, Cannes president Iris Knobloch said Moore “has raised the standards for artists in film,” while Kering chief executive François-Henri Pinault said she embodies the program’s spirit through both her choices and her public commitments. (kering.com) Moore, 65, has won an Academy Award for “Still Alice,” an Emmy Award, two Golden Globes and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award. Trade reports on the Cannes honor also noted her advocacy for women’s representation and diversity in the industry. (kering.com) (deadline.com) The award places Moore in a Cannes-linked lineup that has included Jane Fonda, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, Isabelle Huppert, Patty Jenkins, Gong Li, Salma Hayek Pinault, Viola Davis, Michelle Yeoh, Nicole Kidman and Donna Langley. (variety.com) (deadline.com) Cannes has used the Women In Motion platform for awards, talks and industry conversations since the program’s launch, and this year’s ceremony adds Moore before the festival opens its main run in mid-May. (kering.com) (festival-cannes.com) The next date on the calendar is May 17, when Moore and Spampinato are scheduled to receive their prizes in Cannes. (indiewire.com) (kering.com)