Now a tradition, the opening ceremony of the Hyères Festival continued with a dinner organized by Chanel. At the Marais Plage restaurant, members of the jury and friends were gathered around the tables in a more intimate setting. The twilight was already well established on the Var landscape as Haider Ackermann and Tilda Swinton were joined by Michèle Lamy, Pierre Yovanovitch (president of the jury of Design Parade which will take place this summer), Ben Gorham or Lou Doillon for a dinner with their feet in the water. While everyone gathers in the light of candles decorated with the emblematic double-C, pleasure is meant of both stomach and ears with a DJ set by Louise Chen and, – cherry on the cake – a live concert by Claire Laffut, who lent herself the next day to the game of the podcast interview by Chanel for the Festival.