France Télévisions et Brut., Official partners of the Cannes Film Festival, announced that the French actress Chiara Mastroianni will be the mistress of the ceremonies of the 76th edition of the largest international film festival which will take place from May 16 to 27, 2023.
As such, Chiara Mastroianni will present the opening ceremony on Tuesday, May 16, followed by the film screening Jeanne du Barry Made by Maïwenn. She will also host the list of list ceremony alongside the jury Chaired by the Swedish director Ruben Östlund Saturday, May 27.
Chiara Mastroianni is a French actress with an impressive cinematographic course. Daughter of the famous actress Catherine Deneuve and the Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, Chiara Mastroianni was born into a film of cinema and grew up in the shadow of famous parents. She made her cinema debut in 1993 at the age of 20 in André Téchiné’s film, My favorite seasonselected in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. This first experience on the Croisette allows him to tread the steps of the Palais des Festivals for the first time.
Since then, Chiara Mastroianni has worked with renowned filmmakers such as Xavier Beauvois, Arnaud Desplechin, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Marjane Satrapi, Claire Denis, Benoît Jacquot, Alice Winocour, Robert Altman, Manoel de Oliveira, Raoul Ruiz, Greg Araki, Mike Figgis, among others.
However, it is with Christophe Honoré that Chiara Mastroianni worked most frequently. She started shooting with him in 2007 in Love songs and has since shot six films under his direction until 2019, when their last collaboration, Room 212, earned him the interpretation prize at a certain look, during the Cannes Film Festival in 2019.
Chiara Mastroianni is also present in the world of series. She has just finished the series of Scott Frank, Mr SPADEwith Clive Owen, as well as the film directed by Lisandro Alonso, Eureka.
Today, Chiara Mastroianni is an accomplished actress who embodies the diversity and richness of French cinema. His presence as mistress of the ceremonies of the 76th edition of the Cannes Festival is a recognition of its exceptional contribution to the film industry.
Commenting on this announcement, Chiara Mastroianni said: ” The first time I went to the Cannes Film Festival was for my first film, My favorite season by André Téchiné. We were in official competition, I was 20 years old, and I was very impressed. I had the chance to go back many times in competition, and also in other selections, like a certain look for example, and it is always for me the same wonder, the same stage fright as the first time. I was also on the jury chaired by Martin Scorsese. It was an incredible experience to live 10 days of intense cinema with an exciting jury. This time, coming back as a mistress of ceremonies, I will discover another facet of the Cannes Film Festival, which I do not know. I have a huge stage fright but I am delighted. I live it as an absolute chance to attend the most beautiful selection of cinema in the world. I do it with great sincerity because my desire to become an actress was born from my love of films, from my pleasure as a spectator. I am always very admiring to see how Thierry Frémaux manages each time, to offer a selection of very eclectic feature films and where, sometimes, arises a first film that dazzles everyone. Because this is also this festival, a springboard that can tip everything. The festival is a promise of vertiginous sensations, a place where there is always the possibility of the unexpected. »»
Neïla Driss
