Binoche, who is the president of the jury at the 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival, wore a haute couture look by Dior for the opening ceremony on Tuesday.

CANNES, France (Reuters) -Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, is being on the jury that picks the winner. Artists from around the world are picked to sit on the jury,

Long before Juliette Binoche was named president of the Cannes jury, her acting career was born at the international film festival. Forty years ago, French director André Téchiné's Paris-set Rendez-Vous debuted here,