– The jury that will award the Palme d’Or includes Demi Moore, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Chloé Zhao, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé, Paul Laverty and Stellan Skarsgård
Park Chan-wook (© Lee Seung-hee), Demi Moore (© Thomas Whiteside), Isaach De Bankolé (© Larry Busacca), Laura Wandel (© Thomas Laisné), Paul Laverty (© Joss Barratt), Stellan Skarsgård (© NEON), Ruth Negga (© Justin Coit), Diego Céspedes (© Tom Chenette) and Chloé Zhao (© Christian Tierney) (© Cannes Film Festival)
Presided over by South Korean director Park Chan-wook (read the news), the jury of the Official Competition of the 79th Festival de Cannes (from 12 to 23 May) has unveiled its full line-up and will comprise nine members.
Four women will join the president: American actress Demi Moore (who made a splash in The Substance), her Irish-Ethiopian counterpart Ruth Negga (Loving, Passing), Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel (Playground, Adam’s Sake) and the China-born, US-based director Chloé Zhao (The Rider, Nomadland, Hamnet).
Also tasked with deciding between the 22 films vying for the Palme d’Or (read the news) are Chilean filmmaker Diego Céspedes (last year’s Un Certain Regard winner for The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo), Ivorian-American actor Isaach De Bankolé (recently acclaimed in Muganga and The Fence), Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty (longtime partner of Ken Loach) and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård (nominated this year for an Oscar for Sentimental Value).
(Translated from French)
