The Cannes Film Festival continued its closing ceremony despite a region-wide power outage that crippled the town for much of the day. The Palais des Festivals is equipped with generators and kept the festivities on track.
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"The Palais des Festivals has switched to an independent power supply, allowing all scheduled events and screenings, including the Closing Ceremony, to proceed as planned and under normal conditions," the festival said in a statement.
Power had gone out around 10 a.m. and resumed around 3:30 p.m. local time. The closing ceremony was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. local time, and started without a hitch.
During the power outage luxury boutiques and stores across the city were closed, and restaurants would accept cash only, throwing much of the last day of the film festival into disarray as locals and festival goers alike piled into the streets. Internet and telephone connections were down.
The Hôtel Martinez, where many celebrities get ready for the event, had a generator for the first floor and the elevators, but upper floors were dark. Stylists reported using phone flashlights to during the dressing process.
Jury president Juliette Binoche departed from her Dior looks with a sporty custom Prada outfit of a full-length midnight blue skirt with beading at the waist and coordinated truncated bomber jacket that she zhuzhed up at the sleeves. Binoche cinched the skirt at the waist and added a casual twist with a white T-shirt with a red collar. She finished the look with Chopard hoops.
But Dior had a trio of Binoche's fellow jurors on its roster, with Alba Rohrwacher, in a bubblegum pink full-length pouf skirt gown; Leila Slimani, in a grey and gold lace dress; and Halle Berry in a column dress with lace sleeves embroidered and accented with gray wick wool curlers from the Spring 2025 couture collection.
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