Salma Hayek ensured to capture everyone’s attention in a glamorous sequinned gown as she arrived at 2025 Kering Women In Motion Awards amid the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

The Frida icon, 58, put on a show-stopping display as she slipped into a shimmery petrol green number which featured teal feather-trim embellishments.

The Mexican actress wowed in the busty dress, toting the look with a matching clutch bag.

Salma typically oozed old glamour lifting her dark tresses into a high up-do and adding further bling with a gleaming diamond choker and matching rings.

The Bandidas favourite was joined by her billionaire husband and Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault.

The couple looked typically smitten packing on the PDA as they stopped for striking snaps for the A-list Presidential Dinner at the Place de la Castre.

Salma Hayek, 58, ensured to capture everyone’s attention in a glamorous sequinned gown as she arrived at 2025 Kering Women In Motion Awards amid the 78th Cannes Film Festival

The Frida icon put on a show-stopping display as she slipped into a shimmery petrol green number 

This year’s Cannes Film Festival is taking place in the wake of Trump´s vow to enact tariffs on international films.

Cannes, where filmmakers, sales agents and journalists gather from around the world, is the Olympics of the big screen, with its own golden prize, the Palme d´Or, to give out at the end. 

Filmmakers come from nearly every corner of the globe to showcase their films while dealmakers work through the night to sell finished films or packaged productions to various territories.

‘You release a film into that Colosseum-like situation,’ says Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, who´s returning to Cannes with ‘The Secret Agent, a thriller set during Brazil´s dictatorship. 

‘You´ve got to really prepare for the whole experience because its quite intense – not very far from the feeling of approaching a roller coaster as you go up the steps at the Palais.’

Trump sent shock waves through Hollywood and the international film community when he announced on May 4 that all movies “produced in Foreign Lands” will face 100% tariffs.

The White House has said no final decisions have been made. Options being explored include federal incentives for U.S.-based productions, rather than tariffs. But the announcement was a reminder of how international tensions can destabilize even the oldest cultural insтιтutions.

The Cannes Film Festival originally emerged in the World War II years, when the rise of fascism in Italy led to the founding of an alternative to the then-government controlled Venice Film Festival. 

The From Dusk Till Dawn star looked incredible as the dress also featured teal feather-trim embellishments

The Mexican actress wowed in the busty dress, toting the look with a matching clutch bag

Salma typically oozed old glamour lifting her dark tresses into a high up-do

The Hollywood favourite adde further bling with a gleaming diamond choker and matching rings

In the time since, Cannes´ resolute commitment to cinema has made it a beacon to filmmakers. Countless directors have come to make their name.

This year is no different, though some of the first-time filmmakers at Cannes are already particularly well-known. Kristen Stewart (The Chronology of Water), Scarlett Johansson (Eleanor the Great) and Harris Dickinson (Urchin) have all unveiled their feature directorial debuts in Cannes´ Un Certain Regard sidebar section.

Many Cannes veterans have returned, including Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning), Robert De Niro – who received an honorary Palme d´Or 49 years after Taxi Driver premiered in Cannes – and Quentin Tarantino, who paid tribute to low-budget Western director George Sherman.

Meanwhile Scarlett’s directorial debut Eleanor The Great, will be unveiled on May 20.

However, in the wake of his legal battle with former co-star Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni is not expected to attend. 

Over recent years the star-studded extravaganza has arguably won more attention for the outfits worn by its celebrity guests than the roster of feature films being screened on the Croisette. 

But new nudity rules, devised for ‘the sake of decency,’ have been implemented at this year’s festival.  

According to organisers, the austere move is an attempt to stifle the celebrity trend for ‘naked dresses’ – namely provocative outfits that reveal considerably more than they conceal – on the red carpet.

The Bandidas favourite was joined by her billionaire husband and Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault

The couple looked typically smitten packing on the PDA as they stopped for striking snaps for the A-list Presidential Dinner at the Place de la Castre

The wealthy French billionaire, 62, cut a dapper figure in a suit and bow-tie

Inside the glitzy star-studded event, Salma was snapped rubbing shoulders with fellow actress Nicole Kidman, 57

The two pals looked in jovial spirits hugging one another as Nicole stunned in a figure-hugging red laced gown 

The actress beamed gently as she posed alongside Gladiator icon Paul Mescal

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‘For decency reasons, nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well as any other area of the festival,’ states a Cannes festival document.

‘The festival welcoming teams will be obligated to prohibit red carpet access to anyone not respecting these rules.’ 

The surprise new policy features in a recent festival-goers charter – released with a series of outlines regarding expected public behaviour. 

Guests are expected to converge on the Grand Auditorium Louis Lumière for some of the highest profile film screenings across a packed two-week schedule in Cannes. 

It’s understood that the iconic venue now adopts a more conservative dress code, with suits, dinner jackets and floor-length evening gowns generally favoured over headline grabbing ensembles. 

Classic little black dresses, cocktail dresses, pant-suits, dressy tops and elegant sandals, ‘with or without a heel’, will also be permitted.  

While the decision to implement a more stringent policy will be a first, it is not known if French TV broadcasters, wary of airing nudity, played a role in its enforcement. 

Major red carpet events, including the Cannes Film Festival, are aired in France by France Télévisions

Recently attracting more models and influencers than actors and filmmakers, the annual ceremony has seen an increase in risque red carpet fashion statements. 

In 2021, American supermodel Bella Hadid bared her cleavage in a  plunging black gown while attending a screening of Tre Piani (Three Floors).

She pulled a similar stunt three years later, with guests at the 2024 gala left speechless after she attended the premiere of Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice completely braless beneath a sheer brown evening dress.