Cannes 2012: day nine - in pictures

Careful where you tread … Nicole Kidman takes her seat for the press conference of Lee Daniels' contender The Paperboy. She plays a lady who orgasms copiously and wees on Zac Efron to cure his jellyfish sting Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Pens in the pen … Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron sign autographs as they arrive for the photocall of The Paperboy Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Finally released, they finger the jailer Photograph: Action Press/Rex Features

Macy Gray is on fire (in the film). Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

While director Lee Daniels appears to be having hair envy issues. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

Colombian director Juan Andrés Arango and actor Luis Carlos Guevara pose during the photocall of La Playa DC Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images

Isn't she? … Bollywood actor Niharika Singh poses during the photocall of Miss Lovely Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Hey, genuine laughter … co-directors Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon at a photocall for The Central Park Five Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Meanwhile, over at the Palm Beach, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian discuss the career trajectory of experimental Russian auteur Sergei Loznitsa, who made such a splash with My Joy two years ago. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage

Something to wash that down with? ... Jury members Alexander Payne,Ewan McGregor, Hiam Abbass and Emmanuelle Devos attend an Electrolux lunch Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/WireImage for Electrolux Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/WireImage for Electrolux