Sharon Stone Hosted and Alicia Keys provide enchanting performance as a gala amfar luxury that raises money for AIDS research back to Cannes Friday night.
One of the most awaited nights festivals, the 27th edition is a more intimate affair smaller than the previous years, with an exclusive guest list peeled from 900 to 400 people with a Covid-19 protocol in place.
The night started with a cocktail clock complete with Ballerinas, girls flapper with Afghan Hounds, Vodka and Caviar Shots and lots of champagne.
A number of Hollywood stars including Nina Dobrev, Regina King, Orlando Bloom, Stella Maxwell, Darren Criss, Spike Lee and many others wore the best and mark their presence at the event.
Also seen among the guests were actress Amy Jackson who was stunned in a sparkling black number with a falling neckline.
It was followed by dinner sitting without an after-party party that used to make guests dance early in the morning.
It did not stop the participants from enjoying the hottest tickets in the city.
Dining under the stars at Villa Eilenroc in Antibes, this year’s theme is “I am a film film” and the guests are entertained by a cameras curated by Carine Roitfeld.
The key is a music headliner, making a spelling set including the legendary hit “New York” and the “fall” is a lot of loved.
The key to sitting on the piano and announced to the crowd that this was his first show personally since the pandemic against the vibrant applause from the visitors.
“It was beautiful, very extraordinary, very pleasant, happy to stay on the mission here,” said Stone before the celebration began, noting that some sciences used to fight HIV and AIDS were deployed against Covid-19.
“I think we live on the mission and we come back to him which is really good.”
This year’s president’s Jury Festival Spike Lee made a special appearance along with a list of guests studded from the screen, catwalk, and music including Dylan Penn, Natasha Poly, Orlando Bloom, Regina King, Swizz Beatz, Park Rachel Brosnahan and Soo Joo Park.
Live auctions that take place during dinner see a combination of luxury holidays, jewelry, artwork and experience once to go under the hammer.
Stone led the trial arrived on stage with a man on each arm.
“Isn’t it good to be here!” He shouted before raising the toast thank you to all guests.
This year’s spotlight includes the opportunity to make your own private vintage champagne which lasted 70,000 ($ 82,638), while the 18-carat white gold diamond, Tanzanite, and Amethyst necklace collected 170,000 euros ($ 200,692).
Among the works of the art andy Warhol Mickey Mouse Piece raised 375,000 euros ($ 442,702), an astronaut statue Michael Kagan went to 400,000 euros ($ 472.215) and contemporary English artists Sacha Jafri created life paintings during auction that collected 1 million euros ($ 1 , 18 million).
32 Top designer clothes displayed in the night mode show were also auctioned to get a Palu price of 225,000 euros ($ 265,621).
Amfar non-profit, the foundation for AIDS research, increases money to support AIDS research, HIV prevention, care education, and advocacy.
Since 1985, Amfar has invested nearly $ 550 million in its programs and has provided more than 3,300 grants to the research team around the world.
Before sales, the head of the auctioneer Simon de Pury emphasized the importance of auction to maintain the Amfar mission.
“Amfar really depends on the Galas, it depends on the generosity of so many artists who give works and so many customers who come to this Galas, so I hope we can raise a lot of money tonight for Amfar.”
