Fanning, one of the stars of Sentimental Value, Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s masterful new family drama (which also happened to be the best film at the festival this year), declared her allegiance for all to see—and I, for one, need this piece of merch, stat.

Emma Stone got photobombed

And by a bee, no less. The Eddington star’s response to the unwelcome red-carpet intruder was pretty priceless.

As always, women over 50 had the most fun

June Squibb, with her director on Eleanor the Great, Scarlett Johansson, at the premiere of Vie Privée.

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Halle Berry at the jury photo call.

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From a 95-year-old June Squibb taking center stage in Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor the Great and the 61-year-old, dressed-to-the-nines Juliette Binoche taking the reins as jury president, to the likes of Andie MacDowell, Halle Berry, Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell, Jodie Foster, and Isabelle Huppert, Cannes was dominated by women over 50 who are at the top of their game.

Juliette Binoche at the premiere of Leave One Day.

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Isabelle Huppert at the photo call for The Richest Woman in the World.

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It got political

The aforementioned Harris Dickinson made his impressive directorial debut with Urchin, the story of a homeless Londoner battling to survive, and sent a direct message to British MP Suella Braverman while promoting it, with a T-shirt that read: “Living on the streets is not a lifestyle choice Suella. It’s a sign of failed government policy.”

Julian Assange at the photo call for The Six Billion Dollar Man.

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Stella Assange at the premiere of The History of Sound.

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Elsewhere, while marking the release of The Six Billion Dollar Man, a new documentary about his life and work, Julian Assange wore a T-shirt printed with the names of thousands of Palestinian children killed in Gaza, while his wife, Stella, chose a Vivienne Westwood gown for the red carpet, to which was pinned a portrait of the designer herself, bearing the words “Stop Killing.”

Angelina Jolie, too, made a point of mentioning the war in Gaza while presenting the Trophée Chopard, paying tribute to artists who have lost their lives and others who lack the freedom and security to tell their stories; as did Binoche, who honored the photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, the subject of Cannes documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, who was killed just last month. “On April 16, at dawn in Gaza, 25-year-old photojournalist Fatima Hassouna and 10 relatives were killed by a missile that hit their home,” Binoche said at the opening ceremony. “The day before she had learned that the film she features in had been selected for Cannes. She should have been here tonight with us.”