Cannes 2011, day eight in pictures

Wa-hey! Mel Gibson is in Cannes. With his loyal Beaver director Jodie Foster Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

Melancholia director Lars von Trier surrounded by cast members and shaking hands with John Hurt Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

What does it say on the other hand, Lars? Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Kirsten Dunst as the respectable face of Melancholia Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage

Hanezu No Tsuki director Naomi Kawase (fourth right) takes a bow with her cast Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters

Ha Jung-Woo and Kim Yun-Seok wonder if this is the French way Photograph: Francois Durand/Getty Images

Roger Corman gets his feet wet Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

French actress Saida Jawad plays Rachida Dati in the Sarkozy biopic La Conquete (The Conquest) Photograph: Guillaume Baptiste/AFP/Getty Images

Romanian actors George Pistereanu and Ada Condeescu pull out the pastels for Loverboy Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

Pantomime reactions from Parky DeVogelaere and Peter Fonda at the La Conquete premiere Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Julia Saner has just the dress for sitting down in a cinema Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Oh no, Lars. Please no Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Milla Jovovich ups the festival chic Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Jodie Foster's still around Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

It looks a long walk for Eva Herzigova Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

Ronnie Wood and girlfriend Ana Araujo get into character for Melancholia Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

Florence Pernel, who plays Cécilia Sarkozy in La Conquete, has brought her air hockey bat, if anyone wants a game Photograph: David Gadd/Allstar

Northern Irish actress Kiera Chaplin gives a dazzling performance for the flashbulbs Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Cannes' general delegate Thierry Fremaux: clearly the man in charge Photograph: Georges DeKeerle/Getty Images

And away from the red carpet, people are treated to cheap wine, a rickety chair and short films, courtesy of Andy Greenhouse's Cannes in a Van Photograph: Jonathan Short/AP