James Franco & Ahna O'Reilly: Art of Elysium's Cannes Event!

James Franco helps honor his pal Ahna O’Reilly at The Art of Elysium‘s event during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (May 19) at M/Y Harle in Cannes, France.

The 35-year-old actor, along with Rabbit Bandini and Leon Max, honored Ahna for her work in the films As I Lay Dying and Fruitvale Station, both of which are playing at the festival.

Ahna was joined by her various co-stars Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, and Beth Grant, as well as JustJared.com‘s Jared Eng at the event. She was seen applying her Burt’s Bees at the party.

FYI: Ahna is wearing a Georges Hobeika dress. Octavia is wearing a Tadashi Shoji capelet.

20+ pictures inside of James Franco and Ahna O’Reilly at the event…