Michael Haneke accepting the Palme d’Or for Amour at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Jeff Nichols and the cast of Mud at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Anthony Perkins at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.

Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, and Sophia Loren at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.

Marcello Mastroianni at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.

Akira Kurosawa at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, and David Lynch at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Lynch received Best Director honors for Mulholland Dr.

David Cronenberg and the cast of Cosmopolis at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.