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Robert De Niro Will Receive an Honorary Palme D'or in Cannes. Here's His History With the Festival

US actor Robert De Niro poses during a photocall for the film "Killers of the Flower Moon" at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2023. (AFP)
US actor Robert De Niro poses during a photocall for the film "Killers of the Flower Moon" at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2023. (AFP)
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Robert De Niro Will Receive an Honorary Palme D'or in Cannes. Here's His History With the Festival

US actor Robert De Niro poses during a photocall for the film "Killers of the Flower Moon" at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2023. (AFP)
US actor Robert De Niro poses during a photocall for the film "Killers of the Flower Moon" at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2023. (AFP)

Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, a culmination for the 81-year-old actor whose history with the French film festival stretches back half a century.
In 1976, De Niro starred in two films — Martin Scorsese's “Taxi Driver” and Bernardo Bertolucci's “1900" — that premiered in competition at Cannes. “Taxi Driver" was an immediate sensation, and went home with the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or.
Since then, De Niro has been a regular on the Croisette, returning with “The King of Comedy” in 1983, Sergio Leone's “Once Upon a Time in America” in 1984 and Roland Joffé's “The Mission” in 1986. Joffé's film also won the Palme, making De Niro the rare actor to star in two Palme d'Or winners, The Associated Press said.
Though De Niro helps run his own film festival back in New York, the Tribeca Festival, he has remained a mainstay in Cannes. He presided over the jury in 2011 that selected Terrence Malick's “The Tree of Life” for the Palme. Most recently, he and Scorsese returned to premiere “Killers of the Flower Moon” in 2023.
“I have such close feelings for Festival de Cannes," De Niro said when his honorary Palme d'Or was announced last month. “Especially now when there’s so much in the world pulling us apart, Cannes brings us together — storytellers, filmmakers, fans, and friends. It’s like coming home.”
De Niro is to receive the award in the festival's opening ceremony on May 13.

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Scarlett Johansson Centers Cannes Directorial Debut on Forgiveness

Director Scarlett Johansson attends the photocall for 'Eleanor The Great' during the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 21 May 2025. The film festival runs from 13 to 24 May 2025. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
Director Scarlett Johansson attends the photocall for 'Eleanor The Great' during the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 21 May 2025. The film festival runs from 13 to 24 May 2025. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
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Scarlett Johansson Centers Cannes Directorial Debut on Forgiveness

Director Scarlett Johansson attends the photocall for 'Eleanor The Great' during the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 21 May 2025. The film festival runs from 13 to 24 May 2025. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
Director Scarlett Johansson attends the photocall for 'Eleanor The Great' during the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 21 May 2025. The film festival runs from 13 to 24 May 2025. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

Award-winning actor Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut at the Cannes Film Festival is a story she hopes will challenge audiences to reconsider their perspectives on forgiveness and empathy, she told Reuters on Wednesday.

"Eleanor the Great", which is competing in the second-tier 'Un Certain Regard' category at Cannes, stars 95-year-old June Squibb as the titular Eleanor, who, due to a case of mistaken identity, tries to pass as a Holocaust survivor as she seeks to make new friends after moving to New York City, Reuters said.

"It seems to be a theme in today's world that we're just very quick to judge and kind of cement our feelings about someone or some event," said twice Oscar-nominated Johansson. "It's limiting."

The "Black Widow" star's transition to directing was not planned but came at what she said was the right time.

The script, which she described as "a little gem", resonated with her immediately, and with Squibb also enthusiastic about its layered humor Johansson felt they had to seize the moment.

"When I began to read the script, I felt the way Scarlett did – that this is something I had to do," said Squibb, known for 2002's "About Schmidt" and 2013's "Nebraska".

This year's 'Un Certain Regard' category is particularly strong and will pit "Eleanor the Great" against debut films from fellow actors Harris Dickinson and Kristen Stewart, among others.

Critics, however, were tough.

The Guardian gave the film two out of five stars for seriously misjudging the seriousness of the story's premise, while Variety called the movie, which received a five-minute ovation at its premiere, an unconvincing crowd-pleaser.