The Cannes Film Festival has revealed the competition’s eight-member main jury, who will join president Ruben Östlund. The 76th edition of the festival takes place from 16 to 27 May.
They are: Moroccan director Maryam Touzani (“Turquoise Tunic”), French actor Denis Ménochet (“Beau Tem Afraid”), British-Zambian screenwriter and director Rungano Nyoni (“I Am Not a Witch”), actress, director and American producer Brie Larson (“Captain Marvel”), American actor and director Paul Dano (“Batman”), Afghan writer and director Atiq Rahimi (“Our Lady of the Nile”), Argentine director and screenwriter Damián Szifrón ( “Wild Tales”) and French director Julia Ducournau (“Titane”).
Like two-time Palme d’Or winner Östlund, most of the jury members come from a strong Cannes background.
Touzani, who has collaborated for a long time in her husband Nabil Ayouch’s films, such as “Much Loved”, made his Cannes debut as director of the feature film “Adam” in 2019, returning to the scene in 2022 with “The Turquoise Tunic”. , which entered the Oscar list in the category “Best International Film”.
Ménochet’s Cannes credits include Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 Palme d’Or nominee ‘Inglourious Basterds’, Rebecca Zlotowski’s ‘Grand Central’, ‘The French Chronicle’ and Wes Anderson’s ‘Beasts’.
Nyoni rose to international prominence at Cannes in 2017, when her first feature film, “I’m Not a Witch”, conquered the parallel section of the Directors’ Fortnight.
Several projects spearheaded by Larson have received funding at Cannes, but the invitation to sit on the judging panel marks the first official trip to the festival for the Academy Award-winning actress for ‘Room of Jack’ and star of ‘Captain Marvel’.
Dano has many credits, including Little ‘Miss Sunshine’, ‘Black Blood’, ’12 Years a Slave’, ‘Batman’ and most recently ‘The Fabelmans’. His Cannes titles include ‘Youth’ and ‘Okja’ in competition.
Rahimi, born in Kabul and living in France for a long time, made his Cannes debut in 2004 with “Earth And Ashes” in the Un Certain Regard section, adapting one of his books. His later films include ˜The Patience Stone’ and ˜Our Lady of the Nile’.
Szifrón rose to international fame as a director in 2014 with ‘Wild Tales’, a film produced by Pedro Almodóvar which competed in the Cannes competition and was nominated for an Oscar in 2015. Recent credits include the thriller ‘Murderous Thirst “, with Shailene Woodley.
The professional trajectory of the French Ducournau is linked to the Cannes Film Festival. After standing out at the Critics’ Week with her first feature film, “Raw”, in 2016, she won the 2021 Palme d’Or with “Titane”, being the second woman in the history of the festival to reach this milestone, after Jane Campion .
The jury will have the task of awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films in competition from 2023. The decision will be revealed during the awards ceremony on May 27, followed by the screening of the closing film, the animation “Elements”. .
In addition to the official jury of the competition, the Cannes organization has also announced that the American actor John C. Reilly (“Moonbase 8”) will preside over the jury of the show Un Certain Regard. He will be joined by French director and screenwriter Alice Winocour (“The Journey”), German actress Paula Beer (“Undine”), French-Cambodian director and producer Davy Chou (“Return to Seoul”) and Belgian actress Émilie Ten years old. “Year zero”).
The Un Certain Regard exhibition is one of the main sections of the Cannes Film Festival, which runs parallel to the official competition. This section was created in 1978 to showcase films that have a unique and original vision, or that are experimental in terms of narrative, style or technique, with the aim of highlighting films that may have been overlooked by competitive screening, but deserve however be singled out for their artistic value.
“I experienced so many life-changing moments at the Cannes Film Festival, from my first miracle journey with Paul Thomas Anderson to celebrating my 50th birthday on stage at the Palais! So, to be chosen as president of the Un Certain Regard jury is truly an incredible honor experience,” said Reilly.
“Many of the films I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of have been selected by the Festival over the years, and nothing is quite as special as being invited to this incredible annual gathering of the best that cinema brings to the world. I can’t wait to help launch another generation of filmmakers on this special occasion, as the Festival has done since its inception. I am honored and thrilled. Long live cinema!”
Reilly made his Cannes debut at this same show in 1995 in the sibling rivalry drama “Georgia,” by Ulu Grosbard, and returned to the section the following year in “Jogada de Risco,” by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Since then, she’s graced the Cannes red carpet in a string of films, including ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin,’ ‘Twentieth Century Tales,’ ‘The Lobster,’ and ‘Stars at Noon.’ .”
Source: Terra
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