'' Standing Tall '' , directed by Emmanuelle Bercot , was the festival 's opening film . This was the second opening film in the festival 's history to have been directed by a woman , after '' A Man in Love '' by Diane Kurys which opened the 1987 Cannes Film Festival . '' Ice and the Sky '' , directed by Luc Jacquet , was the festival 's closing film . Both the opening and closing films were selected for the strength and importance of their messages — '' Standing Tall '' for the way its themes respond to the '' Charlie Hebdo '' shootings and '' Ice and the Sky '' for its concern for the future of the planet
1987 Cannes Film Festival
1987 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival