The Cannes Film Festival has finally announced the composition of the jury of the official competition of its 76th edition, which will be chaired by the Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund.
The Cannes Film Festival has finally announced the composition of the jury of the official competition of its 76th edition, who will be chaired by the Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund.
Twice awarded a golden palm, once in 2017 for his film The Square and the second time In 2022 for his film Triangle of SadnessRuben Östlund is a director recognized for his unique style.
This year, the Cannes Festival wanted to greet the arrival of a new generation of artists who perform, play, sing and write. Alongside the president of the jury, there is an eclectic selection of personalities from the world of cinema and culture. These four men and four women are Moroccan director Maryam Touzanithe French actor Denis Ménochet, the British-zambian scriptwriter and director Rungano Nyoni, the American actress and director Brie Larson, the American actor Paul Dano, the Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi, the Argentinian director Damián Szifrón and French director Julia Ducournau, who won the Palme d’Or in 2021 for her film Titanium.
The jury will have the task of awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films in competition. The selection is once again international, with films from countries such as France, the United States, Italy, Mongolia, And even Tunisia for the first time since 1970. Each of these films was chosen for its originality, its artistic quality and its emotional potential.
The prize list will be revealed on May 27 during the closing ceremony, which will be broadcast live by France Télévisions in France and by Brut internationally.
After the ceremony, festival -goers will have the chance to see Elementary, the animated film by Peter Sohn, During the last projection of the festival.
According to an unofficial source, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof was prevented from participating in the jury of the Un certain view of the 2023 Cannes Festival, despite an official invitation, because of his ban on leaving the country. Although he was released from prison, Mohammad Rasoulof has faced a ban on leaving the country for six years, as is the case for many Iranian artists. This ban also prevented the screening of his award -winning films, as An honest man (2017) And The devil does not exist (2020) in Iranian cinemas. Director Jafar Panahi, also forbidden to leave the country for many years, was finally allowed to go to Cannes this year.
The American actor John C. Reilly as the jury a certain look will chair, accompanied by the French director and screenwriter Alice Winocour, the German actress Paula Beer, the director and producer of Franco-Cambodian Davy Chou and the Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne. Its mission will be to hand over the record of this section which celebrates a young cinema, author and discovery. 20 works have been selected this year, 8 of which are first films.
After Rossy de Palma in 2022, the French actress Anaïs Demoustier will be the president of the jury of the Golden Camera of the 76th Cannes Festival, which will reward a film among all the first feature films presented in the official selection and in the parallel sections. She will be accompanied by actor Raphaël Personnaz, the director of photography Nathalie Durand, the screenwriter and director Mikael Buch, the editor of the cinema files and the annual cinema Nicolas Marcadé and Sophie Frilley Rilley for the Federation of the Industries of Cinema, Audiovisual and Multimedia.
Surrounded by Ana Lily Amirpour, Charlotte Le Bon, Karidja Touré and Shlomi Elkabetz, the Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi will award the Palme d’Or du Court film and the 3 prizes of the Cinef intended for the school films of the official selection. Two years ago, The feature film The story of my wife, Directed by Ildikó Enyedi was in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Neïla Driss
