Entertainment / film Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off Blockbusters and indies premiere on the Riviera By Jason Farago, Newser Staff Posted May 14, 2008 10:22 AM CDT Copied Natalie Portman, Jeanne Balibar, Sean Penn and Alexandra Maria Lara pose during a photo call for the jury members at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) The Cannes Film Festival gets under way today with the premiere of Blindness, a new film by City of God director Fernando Meirelles that stars Julianne Moore. A jury led by Sean Penn will award the Palme d'or to one of 22 films. But as the Telegraph reports, paparazzi will be swarming to two premieres out of competition: Jack Black's Kung Fu Panda and the newest Indiana Jones film. Some of the most anticipated films at this year's festival include: Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie Che, Stephen Soderbergh's 4-hour epic on the life of Che Guevara The Silence of Lorna, from two-time Palme d'or winners Jean-Luc and Pierre Dardenne 24 City, by Chinese director Jia Zhanke, which is already being tipped for the top prize (More film stories.) Report an error