--- title: Cannes 2017: Will Smith Having Fun in Photos description: Will Smith, the fresh prince of the box office, is living his best life as a part of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. canonical: https://time.com/4784198/will-smith-cannes-2017/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-18T15:58:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:45.168Z og:title: Will Smith is Living His Best Life at the Cannes Film Fest og:description: No one's having a better time og:url: https://time.com/4784198/will-smith-cannes-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Will Smith is Living His Best Life at the Cannes Film Fest twitter:description: No one's having a better time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Will Smith Is Living His Best Life as the Fresh Prince of Cannes > Sponsored content. 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While some might have scratched their heads when it was announced that Smith would be joining President [Pedro Almodóvar ](http://time.com/3652928/pedro-almodovar-silencio/) for the 70th annual festival seeing as how none of the 40 films Smith has made have screened at Cannes, it was clear that Smith was the overwhelming favorite of fans and stars alike at the first day of the festival. What was also clear was that no one else on the French Riviera was having more fun that Smith, who charmed crowds everywhere from the red carpet, where he broke out in dance, to the opening ceremony, where he received the most applause of any of his fellow jury members. Here Smith is giving the people what they want. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissgardner/status/864897812953276417) And here he is getting a resounding round of applause at the opening ceremony. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissgardner/status/864900398934609921) Here he is hamming it up with Jessica Chastain and Pedro Almodóvar. And here he is blessing us with his presence on the red carpet. Smith even broke out into a little dance during the press call. 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