The Opening Ceremony in more than 950 cinemas in France !

Cinema is meant to be shared, and the Opening Ceremony of the Festival de Cannes isn’t experienced only on the Croisette.

Join us tonight at 7pm to launch the 79th Cannes Film Festival together, in your favourite cinema. More than 950 cinemas are taking part this year in the initiative led with the Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français, for a unique large-scale collective experience.

Feel the emotion of this great celebration of cinema as if you were there, and discover La Vénus électrique (The Electric Kiss) by Pierre Salvadori, the very first film opening the 12 days of screenings of the 2026 edition of the Festival de Cannes.

To take part in this celebration, it’s quite simple: