Halle Berry forced to make last minute outfit change after controversial new Cannes rules | HELLO! (2025)

Halle is on the jury for this year's festival alongside Succession's Jeremy Strong, director Payal Kapadia, South Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo, Italian actor Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese documentarist Dieudo Hamadi and Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas.

Juliette Binoche is overseeing the jury as president, and the group made their debut on the croisette at the Opening Ceremony screening of Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day).

Fashion on the red carpet at Cannes has often been provocative and at times featured nudity, and the festival decided to make the rules "explicit' this year.

"This year, the Cannes Film Festival has made explicit in its charter certain rules that have long been in effect. The aim is not to regulate attire per se, but to prohibit full nudity on the red carpet, in accordance with the institutional framework of the event and French law,” read the new instructions from the festival.

The organizer said they reserve "the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate seating arrangements in the screening rooms".

That includes long trains and detailing on the outfits that would obstruct the view of the screen.

However, some of the guests took the new dress code with a pinch of salt, with both Julia Garner and Alessandra Ambrosio risking sheer materials and oversized sleeves.