The best looks from Cannes 2023 opening night

The film festival kicked off in style on Tuesday as stars brought their fashion A-game

Helen Mirren wears Del Core to Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony and Jeanne du Barry screening in Cannes, France. Getty

Naomi Campbell arrives in Celine. Getty

Elle Fanning wears Alexander McQueen. Getty

Carys Zeta, in a cream lace dress, Michael Douglas in a tuxedo and Catherine Zeta-Jones, in Elie Saab Couture. Getty

Guan Xiaotong wears a black gown with delicate bustier. AP

Uma Thurman wears Dior with Chopard jewellery. AP

Anais Demoustier wears tailored metallics. AP

Farhana Bodi wears a feather trimmed gown, with a train. AP

Coco Jones wears an asymmetric, molten metal dress. AP

Keeping things simple, Delphine Ernotte, centre, wears white shirt and shredded black skirt. Getty

French actor Yassine Azzouz wears midnight blue, three-piece suit. Getty

Mohammed Al Turki and Jomana Alrashid in matching black and white. Getty

Farnoush Hamidian in an embroidered gold gown. Getty

Elvira Jain shows off her colourful train. Getty

Fagun Thakrar arrives in a ruffled blue gown. Getty

Emilia Schule in a sheer, panelled dress in black and cream. Getty

Model Cindy Bruna wears a suit by Act N°1, with Pomellato jewellery. Getty

Alessandra Ambrosio in Elie Saab, with Pomellato jewellery. Getty

Araya Hargate wears Jean Paul Gaultier. Getty

Romee Strijd in Alberta Ferretti. Getty

Gong Li in Alaia. Getty

Tunisian-Italian actress and model Afef Jnifen wears fluid gold. Getty

Honayda Serafi in a bride-like, hooded dress, accessorised with a huge emerald. Getty Images

Frederique Bel in a deep fronted velvet dress, with tulle sleeves. Getty

Razane Jammal wears Dior Couture. Getty

Simona Tabasco wears red Lanvin. Getty

Beatrice Borromeo wears vintage-style lace. Getty

Model and former muse to Karl Lagerfeld, Baptiste Giabiconi arrives at the opening ceremony. Getty

The 2023 Cannes Film Festival began on Tuesday evening, with the opening ceremony drawing a host of big-name stars, all dressed for the cameras.

Elle Fanning dressed like a princess in Alexander McQueen, while Fan Bingbing chose a dramatic gown by stylist-turned-fashion designer, Christopher Bu, that had a huge tiger prowling around the skirt.

Coco Jones, meanwhile, was one of several stars who arrived wearing metallics, opting for an asymmetric molten gold look, while Anais Demoustier wore a sheath dress in polished, metallic leather. Farnoush Hamidian wore a discreet gown made from gold beading and Naomi Campbell swept in wearing a silver dress by Celine.

Catherine Zeta Jones opted for a blood-red look by Lebanese designer Elie Saab Couture, as she walked the red carpet with her husband, Micheal Douglas and their daughter Carys, who looked charming in cream lace.

While most attendees choose subdued outfits, a brave few embraced colour, including Helen Mirren, who arrived in head-to-toe periwinkle, with matching blue tresses woven into her hair.

Model Elvira Jain, meanwhile, showed off a multicoloured, ruffled train, and writer Fagun Thakrar also opted for ruffles and more periwinkle.

The festival opened with a screening of Jeanne Du Barry, a French period drama from female director Maiwenn, in which she also starred alongside Johnny Depp.

In the film, he plays King Louis XV, speaking his role entirely in French, in a tender story that deals with the monarch’s relationship with his last mistress, the feisty Jeanne De Barry, played by Maiwenn.