American director Wes Anderson opened the 65th Cannes Film Festival with his "Moonrise Kingdom," AP reported.

Shortly after striding down Cannes' glamorous red carpet, Anderson and his star-studded cast declared the festival officially open at its opening ceremony Wednesday night.

The ceremony was hosted by Berenice Bejo, who starred in "The Artist". Also in attendance were Jane Fonda, Eva Longoria, Lana Del Rey and Alec Baldwin.

Meanwhile, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as his latest alter ego General Aladeen, was causing chaos at the nearby Croisette promenade, where he rode around on a camel.

A jury of nine, presided over by Nanni Moretti, will spend the next 12 days sifting through the 22 in-competition entries as to decide who shall receive the festival's top award, the prestigious Palme d'Or.

(China.org.cn, CNTV May 18, 2012)

據美聯社報道，美國導演韋斯?安德森以其作品《月亮升起之王國》拉開了第65屆戛納電影節的帷幕。

周三晚，安德森以及星光燦爛的卡司走過戛納華麗的紅地毯，在開幕式上宣布電影節正式啟動。

開幕式由《藝術家》的主演貝熱尼絲?貝喬主持。參加開幕式的還有簡?方達、伊娃?朗格利亞、拉娜?德雷和亞歷克?鮑德溫。

同時，英國喜劇演員薩莎?拜倫?科恩打扮成最新角色阿拉丁將軍，騎著駱駝游行于附近的克魯瓦塞特海濱大道，引發了混亂。

南尼?莫萊蒂任主席的九人評審團將在接下來的12天里，將從22部參賽影片中選出電影節的最高獎——大名鼎鼎的金棕櫚大獎。