Cannes 2011: the Midnight in Paris premiere in pictures

The artistic director of the Cannes film festival, Thierry Frémaux, the festival president, Gilles Jacob, and French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand welcome the competition film jury, including Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman and Jude Law Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese actor Gong Li offers a greeting from the red carpet Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Jury members Hong Kong film producer Nansun Shi and Law arrive for the screening Photograph: Joel Ryan/AP

Chinese actor Fan Bingbing gets a lift Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Aishwarya Rai smoulders at someone Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Midnight in Paris star Owen Wilson gets his own snaps alongside co-star Léa Seydoux and director, Woody Allen, while Jacob and Mitterrand lurk Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Opening ceremony host Law makes his move Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

Thurman cuts a swan-like figure in a feathery white dress that leaves some snappers open-mouthed Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters

Melanie Griffith looks on as her husband, Antonio Banderas, makes a grab for Faye Dunaway Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

Model and designer Inès de La Fressange looks back in surprise Photograph: Venturelli/WireImage

French actor Julie Gayet sends a shiver down the spine of one bystander Photograph: Tony Barson/WireImage

Mélanie Laurent attends upon enthroned jury members De Niro, Thurman, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and Law at the opening ceremony Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Alessandra Mastronardi, Giulia Bevilacqua and Claudia Zanella do that thing like in the catalogue Photograph: Venturelli/WireImage

A dishevelled man creeps up on Nansun Shi Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Salma Hayek catches the lens on the half-turn Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Banderas auditions for the Fonz remake, while Hayek calls in her private jet Photograph: Tony Barson/WireImage

Silly Woody thinks Rachel McAdams has dropped something Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images