Chopard honors young stars at Cannes Film Festival

May 30, 2007

Cannes, France—Chopard celebrated its 10-year partnership with the Cannes Film Festival this year presenting the Trophée Chopard to two emerging film stars, American actor Nick Cannon and Indian actress Archie Panjabi.

The Trophée Chopard was created in 2001 through a partnership between Chopard, the Cannes Film Festival and Studio magazine, and is presented annually to honor a young actor and a young actress for their exceptional talent.

Among past recipients are such stars as Gael Garcia Bernal, Hayden Christensen, Diane Kruger, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Audrey Tatou.

This year's honored actor, Cannon, can be seen in the ensemble film Bobby, also starring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore and Sharon Stone; and actress Panjabi takes her place on the silver screen alongside Angelina Jolie in the soon-to-be-released A Mighty Heart.

At the awards ceremony, Chopard co-president and creative director Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele presented Cannon and Panjabi with trophies of her own design: a role of film handcrafted in gold by the master jewelers of Chopard.

Nick Cannon

Archie Panjabi