(FILES) Australian actress, producer Cate Blanchett arrives for the screening of the film “The Apprentice” at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 20, 2024. Cate Blanchett, Javier Bardem, Léa Seydoux, John Travolta… Starting on May 12, 2026, the stars of world cinema will gather for the 79th Cannes Film Festival, a cinephile bubble in a world in crisis where the major Hollywood studios will be conspicuously absent. (Photo by SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP)