Binoche, who is the president of the jury at the 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival, wore a haute couture look by Dior for the opening ceremony on Tuesday.

Long before Juliette Binoche was named president of the Cannes jury, her acting career was born at the international film festival. Forty years ago, French director André Téchiné's Paris-set Rendez-Vous debuted here,

Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona was killed by an Israeli strike in April and is the subject of a documentary in competition at Cannes. Before Binoche's tribute, over 380 film figures accused Israel of 'genocide' in an open letter.