Pperformance award in 2015 and actor in Titaniumthe Palme d’or 2021, actor Vincent Lindon will be the president of the jury of the 75e Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 17 on the Croisette, the organizers announced on Tuesday April 26 in a press release. He will take over from American director Spike Lee, who, with his jury, crowned the film by Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau in July 2021.
He will take over from American director Spike Lee who, with his jury, crowned the film by Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau in July 2021. multiple events that we go through in the world, the splendid and heavy task of presiding over the Jury of the 75e Cannes International Film Festival,” said Vincent Lindon, quoted in the statement.
“With my Jury, we will do our best to take care of the films of the future, which all carry the same secret hope, courage, loyalty and freedom; whose mission is to move the greatest number of women and men by talking to them about their wounds and their common joys. Culture helps the human soul to rise and hope for tomorrow,” he concluded.
Asghar Farhadi, Joachim Trier, Noomi Rapace… La composition du jury
This announcement comes at the end of a long suspense: usually, the president of the jury is known at the beginning of the year, with the jury unveiled a few weeks before the Festival. With the restart of post-pandemic cinema and the rise of series, “all the artists work”, underlined mid-April Thierry Frémaux, the general delegate of the Festival, to justify this jostled calendar.
Vincent Lindon will have to choose the Palme d’or from the 21 films in competition. He will be supported by eight jurors (four women, four men): British actress Rebecca Hall, discovered in Vicky Christina BarcelonaIranian director Asghar Farhadi (A heroGrand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival 2021), the Frenchman Ladj Ly (Wretched, jury prize 2019), Swedish actress Noomi Rapace (Millennium), filmmakers Jeff Nichols (Mud) and Joachim Trier (Julie (in 12 chapters)), Italian director and actress Jasmine Trinca (Miele) and Indian actress Deepika Padukone (xXx : Reactivated).
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