{"id":1173,"date":"2026-05-07T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/05\/07\/chopard-gala-to-host-godmother-isabelle-huppert-and-honorees-odessa-azion-and-connor-swindells\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:00:00","slug":"chopard-gala-to-host-godmother-isabelle-huppert-and-honorees-odessa-azion-and-connor-swindells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/05\/07\/chopard-gala-to-host-godmother-isabelle-huppert-and-honorees-odessa-azion-and-connor-swindells\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopard Gala to Host Godmother Isabelle Huppert and Honorees Odessa A\u2019zion and Connor Swindells"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/chopard\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chopard_1\" data-tag=\"chopard\">Chopard<\/a> has confirmed a few key pieces of its Cannes activities.<\/p>\n<p> \tThe luxury jewelry maison, which enjoys a high-profile during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cannes-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cannes-film-festival_1\" data-tag=\"cannes-film-festival\">Cannes Film Festival<\/a>, will present its annual Troph\u00e9e Chopard ceremony at Carlton Beach on May 15, with a starry lineup that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/isabelle-huppert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_isabelle-huppert_1\" data-tag=\"isabelle-huppert\">Isabelle Huppert<\/a> as godmother and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/odessa-azion\/\" id=\"auto-tag_odessa-azion_1\" data-tag=\"odessa-azion\">Odessa A\u2019zion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/connor-swindells\/\" id=\"auto-tag_connor-swindells_1\" data-tag=\"connor-swindells\">Connor Swindells<\/a> as laureates. In attendance will be Cannes leaders Iris Knobloch and Thierry Fr\u00e9maux who will co-host with Chopard\u2019s co-president and artistic director Caroline Scheufele.   <\/p>\n<p> \tAs official partner of the fest since 1998, Chopard rolls out the red carpet to shine a light on the film industry\u2019s next generation. Previous recipients of Troph\u00e9e Chopard \u2014\u00a0created by Scheufele in 2001 \u2014 include Marion Cotillard, L\u00e9a Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Florence Pugh, Jessie Buckley, Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Mike Faist, Joe Alwyn and Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal.  \t<\/p>\n<p> \tHuppert is a Cannes regular and two time best actress award winner for her work in Violette Nozi\u00e8re and The Piano Teacher. She\u2019s back at the festival this year with Asghar Farhadi\u2019s <em>Parallel Tales.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p> \t\u201cIsabelle Huppert has been a longtime friend of the maison and our bond is rooted in a deep artistic affinity,\u201d said Scheufele. \u201cHer role as godmother of the Troph\u00e9e Chopard felt entirely natural to me, as we share the same belief in transmission and the importance of championing emerging talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \tAdded Huppert: \u201cI am thrilled to be godmother of the Troph\u00e9e Chopard. This award honors that fragile, exhilarating moment when a career is still being shaped \u2014 a time of intuition, courage and freedom. Supporting emerging actors means supporting the future of cinema itself.\u201d  \t<\/p>\n<p> \tA\u2019zion comes to the honor after a breakout year thanks to her work in Josh Safdie\u2019s <em>Marty Supreme <\/em>opposite Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler, the Creator. She\u2019s also a series regular in Rachel Sennott\u2019s <em>I Love LA<\/em>. Upcoming projects include Cody Fern\u2019s <em>Mother Courage<\/em>, opposite Naomi Watts and Sarah Paulson, and Justine Triet\u2019s <em>Fonda<\/em>. Previous credits include <em>Sitting in Bars with Cake, Fresh Kills, Pools, Grand Army, Hellraiser<\/em> and <em>She Rides Shotgun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> \tBritish actor Swindells had a breakout role as Adam Groff in Netflix\u2019s global phenomenon <em>Sex Education<\/em>. He moves seamlessly between TV and film, period dramas, contemporary cinema and large-scale productions. His credits include<em> Emma, The Vanishing<\/em>, Steven Knight\u2019s <em>SAS Rogue Heroes<\/em>, <em>William Tell<\/em> and Greta Gerwig\u2019s billion dollar smash <em>Barbie<\/em>. He next appears in Ruben \u00d6stlund\u2019s anticipated <em>The Entertainment System Is Down<\/em> and Kayleigh Llewellyn\u2019s <em>The Dreamlands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> \t\u201cThe Troph\u00e9e Chopard means a great deal to me. It\u2019s not just recognition, but a reminder of the people and moments that have shaped my career so far. To receive it at the Cannes Film Festival, a place where cinema is so deeply celebrated, makes it feel even more special. It\u2019s something I\u2019ll carry with me as I continue to grow and keep chasing the kind of work I believe in,\u201d said Swindells.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chopard has confirmed a few key pieces of its Cannes activities. The luxury jewelry maison, which enjoys a high-profile during the Cannes Film Festival, will present its annual Troph\u00e9e Chopard ceremony at Carlton Beach on May 15, with a starry lineup that includes Isabelle Huppert as godmother and Odessa A\u2019zion and Connor Swindells as laureates. In attendance will be Cannes leaders Iris Knobloch and Thierry Fr\u00e9maux who will co-host with Chopard\u2019s co-president and artistic director Caroline Scheufele. As official partner of the fest since 1998, Chopard rolls out the red carpet to shine a light on the film industry\u2019s next generation. Previous recipients of Troph\u00e9e Chopard \u2014\u00a0created by Scheufele in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[307,641,742,743,12,2,744,255,381,745,579],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cannes-2026","category-cannes-film-festival","category-chopard","category-connor-swindells","category-fashion","category-hollywood","category-isabelle-huppert","category-lifestyle","category-lifestyle-news","category-odessa-azion","category-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}