To celebrate Cannes, we go behind the scenes on glamorous films of yesteryear

The red carpets are out, the yachts are moored and Sienna Miller and Jake Gyllenhaal are getting cosy with the Cohen Brothers on the judging panel. This year’s Cannes Film Festival opened yesterday kicking off 12 days of cinema and partying. And while there’s undoubtedly still glitz aplenty, the events of the past somehow seem so much more glamorous – perhaps simply because they’re in the past, but perhaps because of the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor and their lovely coats and the way they held a cigarette…

Helping us digress into these reveries is a wonderful series of images from Cannes-past, courtesy of arts organisation Jaeger-LeCoultre and brand consultancy Finch & Partners. The pair have collaborated on an exhibition entitled The Art of Behind The Scenes, which showcases incredible examples of on-set images by photographers including Terry O’Neill and Bob Willoughby. We get wonderful glimpses of Liz Taylor looking otherworldly and beautiful and staring at co-star Burt Glinn’s Speedos, and a brilliant shot of director Jack Clayton brandishing a cuppa and a fag while instructing a rather bored looking Anne Bancroft shooting a sex scene.

The Art of Behind the Scenes exhibition is taking place at the Hotel du Cap from 15 May.