Zara McDermott has joined a group of glamorous UK stars mixing with Hollywood’s best and brightest, after traveling to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday.
The Love Island star, 25, posed for glamorous photos during a L’Oreal photoshoot on the beach in the heart of the French Riviera.
Showing off her incredible figure, Zara donned a stunning white dress with a ruffled neckline as she posed for the stunning shoot.
The star has joined British names such as Rochelle Humes and Kimberley Garner who travel to Cannes for the annual festival, along with celebrities such as Emma Stone, Anya Taylor-Joy and Uma Thurman.
Zara also gave her fans a daring glimpse from another shoot as she headed to her hotel balcony in a daring black corset.
Zara McDermott has joined a group of glamorous UK stars mixing with Hollywood’s best and brightest, after traveling to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday.
The Love Island star posed for glamorous photographs during a L’Oreal photoshoot on the beach in the heart of the French Riviera.
Showing off her incredible figure, Zara donned a stunning white dress with a ruffled neckline as she posed for the stunning shoot.
Cannes is the world’s largest film festival, first conceived in 1939 as an alternative to the then fascist-influenced Venice film festival.
It has been held annually since 1946 except in 1948 and 1950, when it was canceled due to lack of funds.
The festival is known for its carefully curated program of films that achieved Oscar glory or launched the careers of directors like Quentin Tarantino.
Cannes’ top prize is the Palme d’Or, or Palme d’Or, whose previous winners include Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction, The Pianist and Parasite.
Jane Campion became the first director to win in 1993 with The Piano, followed by a gap of almost three decades until Julia Ducournau received the award for Titane in 2021.
Justine Triet became the third director to win the award last year with Anatomy of a Fall.
There is also an honorary Palme d’Or, which is awarded in recognition of notable works, including Harrison Ford, Jane Fonda and Clint Eastwood.
This year there are two honorary winners: George Lucas, of ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’, and Japanese animation legend Studio Ghibli, the first group to receive the award.
The star has joined British names such as Rochelle Humes and Kimberley Garner who travel to Cannes for the annual festival, along with celebrities such as Emma Stone and Uma Thurman.
Zara also gave her fans a daring glimpse from another shoot as she headed to her hotel balcony in a daring black corset.
Zara set pulses racing as she posed for the sexy shoot while working with the iconic French beauty brand.
Cannes is the world’s largest film festival, first conceived in 1939 as an alternative to the then fascist-influenced Venice film festival.
It has been held annually since 1946 except in 1948 and 1950, when it was canceled due to lack of funds.
Other awards include the Grand Prize, Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Short Film.
The Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off on Tuesday night as celebrities walked the red carpet to the luxurious Grand Theater Lumière to honor Hollywood actress Meryl Streep before sitting down to watch this year’s opening film, The Second Act.
Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d’Or, the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival, is being part of the jury that chooses the winner.
Artists from around the world who have made a name for themselves in their respective fields are chosen to serve on the jury, and one member is appointed as jury president.
This year’s jury president, American director Greta Gerwig, arrives at Cannes after the enormous success of Barbie last summer.
She is the first American director to serve as jury president, taking over from the 2023 jury president, Triangle of Sadness director and two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund of Sweden.
Lily Gladstone, the breakout star of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, returns to Cannes after becoming the first Native American woman to be nominated for an Oscar and winning a Golden Globe for her performance.
One of the writers of the 2014 Palme d’Or-winning film Winter Sleep, Turkish photographer, actor and screenwriter Ebru Ceylan is a familiar face at the festival.
Also among the British stars who traveled to Cannes for the festival is Rochelle Humes, who was seen taking a break from preparations for her final appearance on Saturday.
The This Morning presenter was wrapped in a comfy robe as she got ready for another L’Oreal photoshoot.
With her bright raven tresses pulled back into a sleek updo, Rochelle cut a glamorous figure as she prepared for her photo shoot.
The star was also seen playfully posing for a selfie with a friend.
His first short film, On the Edge, was selected to compete at Cannes in 1998, and he has co-written several films that were in the main competition lineup, including About Dry Grasses, Three Monkeys and The Wild Pear Tree.
One of the select few women to have starred in a James Bond film, French actress Eva Green, is also on the jury.
He has an eclectic resume that includes Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, smaller-scale projects like Nocebo, and the TV series Penny Dreadful.
Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, 12-time winner of Spain’s prestigious Goya awards, is part of the jury.
He gained international recognition in 2007 with his first horror feature film, El Orfanato, produced by award-winning Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
His latest Netflix hit survival drama, ‘Society of the Snow’, earned the director an Oscar nomination for best international feature film at this year’s ceremony.
After making a name for herself with 2018’s Capernaum, which earned her Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar nominations, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, who has long-standing ties to Cannes, adds a jury member to her roster of praise.
Pierfrancesco Favino, one of Italy’s most famous actors with a parallel career in Hollywood, is no stranger to Cannes, having appeared in the in-competition films The Traitor, directed by Marco Bellocchio, and Nostalgia, by Mario Martone, and is now part of the jury.
Winner of the 2018 Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, which also earned an Oscar nomination, acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns as a lead member of the competition jury after his film Monster won best screenplay at the year’s festival past.
With a César award (the French equivalent of an Oscar) under his belt for The Untouchables as well as several box office hits, French actor Omar Sy is a Cannes veteran.
The actor with roles in X-Men: Days of Future Past and Jurassic World starred in the opening film of the Un Certain Regard 2022 section at Cannes, Father & Soldier, and will now be part of the jury.
