Michael Fassbender, 49, and his wife Alicia Vikander, 37, beam with pride as their first joint movie together in a decade receives a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander scored a Cannes Film Festival triumph on Sunday night as their first film together in a decade received a six-minute standing ovation. 

The couple made a rare red carpet appearance for the screening of the South Korean science-fiction film, Hope, written and directed by Na Hong-jin. 

The plot follows residents of a remote harbour town as they face a mysterious, non-human threat after all communications are cut off. 

Alicia, 37, who plays a character called J'aur in the film, oozed glamour in a white dress which featured pleated detailing on the skirt. 

The actress accessorised with diamond earrings and a brown clutch bag. 

Michael, 49, cut a dapper figure in a black suit and bow tie. After initially walking the red carpet with sunglasses on, he later removed them and appeared overwhelmed by the positive response to the film. 

Michael and Alicia tied the knot in October 2017 during a private ceremony in Ibiza, Spain.

The couple met on the set of The Light Between Oceans in 2014.

They welcomed their first son in 2021 and their second son, whose name has not been revealed, earlier in 2024. They now reside in Lisbon, Portugal, with their two children.

The couple were joined on the red carpet by the cast which includes Taylor Russell (Bones and All) and Cameron Britton (Umbrella Academy), Hwang Jung-min (Deliver Us from Evil), Zo In-sung (Moving) and Hoyeon (Squid Game). 

The film's synopsis says: 'In Hope Harbor, a remote village near the Demilitarized Zone, police chief Bum-seok (played by Hwang) receives alarming news from local youths that a tiger has appeared. 

'As the village erupts into panic, Bum-seok is forced to confront a reality beyond belief.' 

The film marks director Na's fourth return to Cannes Film Festival, following The Wailing in 2016, the crime-thriller The Yellow Sea in 2011 and his thriller The Chaser in 2008. 

This year for the Cannes Film Festival, Demi Moore joins Hamnet director Chloé Zhao and actor Stellan Skarsgård on the jury.

Organisers unveiled the nine-member jury that will deliberate on the films in competition at the annual French Riviera festival in May.

As previously announced, South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook is president of the jury. 

Along with him, Moore, Zhao and Skarsgård, the jurors are: Irish-Ethiopian actor Ruth Negga, Belgian director and screenwriter Laura Wandel, Chilean director and screenwriter Diego Céspedes, Ivorian American actor Isaach De Bankolé and Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty.

Speaking to the Daily Mail at the opening press conference, Demi said she felt 'tremendously honoured to be here'. 

'It's such a beautiful experience and one just to be surrounded by cinema and the love of cinema, and the joy of diving in and being surrounded by those who share that is just – I just felt like a joy. 

'And who can complain about the beautiful view of this incredible place? But yes, I just feel tremendously honoured and I'm super excited. I really – I feel like a little kid getting to play a grown-up.

'You know, prior I had only ever attended the Cannes Film Festival once, and that was only as someone's plus one. And so to be sitting here today, I am really, really tremendously honoured.'

This year, the Cannes Film Festival will honour filmmaker Peter Jackson with a Palme d'Or.

Festival organisers announced Jackson as a recipient in March for what they hailed as 'a body of work that blends Hollywood blockbusters and films d'auteur with extraordinary artistic vision and technological audacity'.

The Lord of the Rings director, in a statement, called the honour 'one of the greatest privileges of my career'.

Last year, Cannes gave honorary Palme d'Or prizes to Robert De Niro and Denzel Washington. 

This year's edition runs for twelve days from May 12 to the 23rd.