Butterflies on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Julian Schnabel's Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterly). Photo by Fabrizio Maltese for european-films.net, all rights reserved.

Photographer Fabrizio Maltese, who covered the Cannes Film Festival for european-films.net's photo diary, has made a selection of his best shots for our special selection of Cannes 2007 pictures. It is a mixture of snap shots made at premieres and private portraits that includes bona fide red carpet ornaments such as Sharon Stone, Brad Pitt and Leonardi DiCaprio, esteemed auteurs such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Barbet Schroeder and the Taviani brothers, the hot young stars of today such as Asia Argento, Louis Garrel and Kelly Lin, and those of tomorrow, including Ananda Everingham and Golden Palm winner Cristian Mungiu. Click here for our special selection of Cannes 2007 pictures or  here for our complete photo diary. Enjoy!

Turkish-German director Fatih Akin poses for a portrait at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. His film  Auf der andere Seite (The Edge of Heaven) is one of the titles in the running for the Palme d'or that will be awarded on Sunday evening.  More photos from Cannes can be found in our Cannes 2007 photo diary. Photo (c): Fabrizio Maltese for european-films.net, all rights reserved.