Even the Airport Feels Like a Runway during the Cannes Film Festival in 2025

The red carpet for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival has officially opened, and the French Riviera is already a hive of camera flashes and cinematic excitement. The problem is that the splendor starts at baggage claim, not on the Croisette.

Every day, both private and commercial aircraft land at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, which has been converted from an ordinary location into an unexpected fashion theater. As celebrities exit planes dressed as though they are approaching a drama rather than a city, the arrivals terminal has taken on the role of a prelude to the Cannes extravaganza.

The style parade has already begun. Wearing classic Versace, Bella Hadid

Glided through arrivals with her signature balletic elegance. Ageless and naturally gorgeous, Halle Berry chose to wear large sunglasses and tailored linen that made her feel more like a Monaco heiress than a movie star. And Juliette Binoche, who will always be France's cinematic spirit, went for subtle style—the kind that garners attention without begging for it.

However, Cannes's sense of becoming is what makes it so magical.

The daily stream of visitors to Nice suggests the glitz that lies ahead as the event continues to gain momentum. Normally a place of rumpled sweatpants and quiet complaints, the airport has been transformed into a makeshift runway. The paparazzi loiter around taxi booths, and fancy luggage is maneuvered with such finesse that rolling a suitcase looks like a movie. It is a bizarre mash-up of red-eye tiredness and haute couture.

It is not only the celebrities, either. This fashion migration includes directors, stylists, up-and-coming artists, and elusive producers. Whether they are here to launch a breakthrough independently or sip rosé on a borrowed yacht, each one lands with an air of curiosity, entering the Riviera sunlight as if they were entering a frame from a movie.

This strange sort of glitter, half real life, half cinematic dream, will continue to pulse through the Nice arrivals gate as the festival progresses. Because even jet lag is dressed to impress in Cannes.