New “recruits” for the high mass of cinema. French director Julia Ducournau, Palme d’Or in 2021 with Titanium and American actress Brie Larson, Oscar winner for Room, are on the jury of the 76th Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27), chaired by the Swede Ruben Östlund. This jury, made up of five men and four women, thus includes the last two winners of the ultimate award given on the Croisette, Östlund having won its second Palme d’Or last year for Without filter.
His mission will be to choose the Palme d’or 2023 from among the 21 films announced in competition, including Asteroid City by Wes Anderson, Anatomy of a fall by Justine Triet Monster by Hirokazu Kore-eda, winner in 2018 with A family matteror The return by Catherine Corsini.
The winners revealed on May 27
This jury is also composed of the Moroccan director Maryam Touzani (The blue of the caftan), French actor Denis Ménochet (As Bestas), British-Zambian director Rungano Nyoni (I’m not a witch), American actor and director Paul Dano (Okja), Afghan writer and director Atiq Rahimi (Goncourt Prize in 2008 for his novel Syngue sabour) and Argentinian filmmaker Damian Szifron (The new savages).
To constitute this jury, the organizers underlined in a press release that they wanted to “welcome the arrival of a generation of artists who produce, who play, who sing, who write”. He will announce his prize list on Saturday 27 May in the evening.