Tilda Swinton is the epitome of chic in a white shirt dress as she attends the RMN screening

Tilda Swinton looked the epitome of chic while attending the screening of RMN during the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

The 61-year-old actress stood out from the crowd in a statement white shirt dress, which she paired with a pair of matching heels.

She wore her platinum blonde tresses cropped short, slicked back and combed to the left in her signature style.

Tilda wore minimal makeup and added a touch of red lipstick to brighten her white outfit.

On Friday, the actress attended the premiere of the film Three Thousand Years, in which she plays the leading role.

According to IMDb, the film is about a “lonely and bitter British woman” who encounters a genie during a trip to Istanbul.

dr Alithea Binnie (played by Tilda) is granted three wishes, which forces her to realize that she has a desire to be loved.

After Cannes was canceled entirely in 2020 and held under strict health protocols in 2021, the red carpet returned in all its glory on Tuesday night for the opening ceremony.

The film chosen to open the festival was Final Cut, a comedy love letter to filmmaking and z-list zombie films from the team behind award-winning The Artist.

A number of TikTok stars are expected to hit the red carpet this year after organizers sought to refresh their image by partnering with the video-streaming platform, which sponsors an awards for short films.

In all, around 35,000 film professionals are expected to attend the festival between May 17 and 28 in hopes that cinema’s most glamorous event gets back on track after two years of being hampered by Covid-19 restrictions.

‘We are ready. City Hall just redid everything – the whole place – so let’s hope it goes well,” said Jeremie Tripet, manager of L’Avenue, a bistro just off the main street known as La Croisette.

A major exception is the absence of Russians due to the impact of sanctions over the war in Ukraine and a decision by the organizers that pro-state delegates are not welcome. China is also expected to have a limited presence due to its ongoing Covid restrictions.

But otherwise, the festival is striving to take the pandemic into the past, with no mask requirements or health passes this year – and no restrictions on partying.

Film buffs can immerse themselves in the usual feast of new releases and competition entries, braving the festival’s famously wayward viewers, who are never shy about cheering and booing during screenings.

The two-week annual event will feature the highly anticipated Top Gun: Maverick and King of Rock ‘N Roll biopic Elvis.

There’s a lot of excitement surrounding Australian Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, hoping to rekindle the buzz he generated when he brought the can-can to Cannes with Moulin Rouge! 20 years ago.

Elvis, playing out of competition, sees newcomer Austin Butler step into the King’s blue suede shoes. Tom Hanks plays his notorious manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

21 films are in the running for the Palme d’Or, including David Cronenberg’s latest body horror fable, Crimes of the Future, starring Lea Seydoux and Kristen Stewart.

The Canadian director told IndieWire that strikes are likely to happen “within the first five minutes.”

There are only five directors in the competition who hope to follow on from the success of last year’s winner, Titane, which made Julia Ducournau only the second woman to win the Palm.

Amidst all the glitz, festival director Thierry Fremaux said Cannes wanted to keep the spotlight on the war in Ukraine.

“Together we will have a great festival – we will think a lot about cinema without ever stopping to think about Ukraine.”

The latest film by Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius, who was killed by Russian forces in Ukraine last month, will be given a special screening.

He was filming a sequel to his famous documentary Mariupolis about the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbass region when he was reportedly captured and killed.

The main competition also includes exiled Russian Kirill Serebrennikov, who was unable to compete in his two previous nominations due to a politically charged embezzlement conviction at home.

Fremaux said the festival wanted to “help the Russians who are taking risks to resist” while offering “absolute and non-negotiable support to the Ukrainian people”.

The panel of judges selecting this year’s winners includes Indian superstar Deepika Padukone and Iran’s two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi. At its head is the French actor Vincent Lindon.

The world’s largest film festival ends with the Closing Ceremony on May 28th.