Jury president Cate Blanchett attends the screening of “Capharnaum” during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals. (May 17, 2018)
Happy 49th Birthday QUEEN Cate Blanchett (Mmay 14th, 1969)
It’s very easy to turn our backs on the abstraction of the enormous numbers of those in need, on ‘the others.’ But standing face to face with one human being, staring them in the eye, hearing their story, experiencing our common humanity, it’s much harder to do nothing. Once you have born witness you cannot turn away.
Jury president Cate Blanchett attends the screening of "Girls Of The Sun (Les Filles Du Soleil)" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals (May 12, 2018)
Jury president Cate Blanchett at Cannes Film Festival: Behind the scenes. (May 10, 2018)
Jury president Cate Blanchett attends the screening of ‘Cold War (Zimna Wojna)’ during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals. (May 10, 2018)
Jury president Cate Blanchett attends the screening of 'Cold War (Zimna Wojna)' during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals. (May 10, 2018)
Jury President Cate Blanchett attends the photocall for Jury and the opening ceremony at the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 8, 2018 in Cannes, France.