Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Diane Kruger, and amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole are amongst the chairs of the 22nd edition of amfAR’s world-renowned Cinema Against AIDS Gala, to be held on May 21, during the Cannes Film Festival. The annual star-studded event is one of the world’s most successful benefits, and is the most coveted ticket during the Cannes International Film Festival. Held at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, the gala will include several musical performances and a parade of prominent appearances.
The star-studded event will include live entertainment from Grammy Award-winning rock band Imagine Dragons, whose recent second studio album Smoke + Mirrors debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, the nine-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist Mary J. Blige, and Grammy-nominated British pop sensation Charli XCX.
Longtime amfAR supporter Carine Roitfeld will curate a fashion show of one-of-a-kind looks from the world’s most celebrated fashion designers. Forty of the world’s top will participate in the black-and-white themed runway presentation, accessorized with jewelry by Harry Winston. Participating designers in the fashion show will include Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Gucci, Prada, Céline, Balmain, Giorgio Armani and Tom Ford among others. The fashion show will be deejayed by multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award-winning producer Mark Ronson, whose latest hit “Uptown Funk” with Bruno Mars spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The annual event has been an important fundraising effort for the Foundation for over two decades, generating more than $140 million for amfAR’s life-saving research programs and keeping the fight against AIDS in the global media spotlight. amfAR continues to fund HIV/AIDS researchers worldwide, and works to translate their research into effective policy, prevention, and treatment education programs around the globe.
