2024-04-30 00:05:00
Two weeks before the start of the race for the Palme d’Or, the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival announced yesterday the members of the jury for the 77th session, which brings together personalities from the world of cinema, including Lebanese director Nadine Labaki. and French actor Omar Sy.
The management of the festival, which will be held from May 14 to 25, has chosen four men and four women to be part of a jury which will be chaired by American director Greta Gerwig (40), whose film “Barbie” was a great success. Last year.
The presidency of the jury has never been held by someone of this age since Sophia Loren held it in 1966.
The jury includes Omar Sy (46 years old), who is taking a new step in an exceptional career since his beginnings with the series “Omar A Farid”, until his entry into the Hollywood world as an actor and producer, and by the successes he achieved in France (Intouchable).
Sy’s presence on the red carpet is expected to arouse great interest, as he is considered one of the French’s favorite cinema characters and has enjoyed international fame since his success, notably in the series “Lupin” on the Netflix platform.
Sy discusses the best of the 22 films in competition with other members of the jury, including French actress Eva Green (43 years old).
The youngest member of the jury is actress Lily Gladstone (37 years old).
The committee also includes Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino (54 years old), Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (61 years old), Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (48 years old), Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan (48 years old) and Lebanese director Nadine Labaki (50), whose three films participated in various categories of the festival, including “Capharnaüm”, which won the jury prize in the official competition in 2018. She had previously been a member of the “Un Certain Glance “. » category jury in 2015 and chaired it in 2019.
The festival is ready to start after the constitution of the jury and the announcement of the list of 22 films which will compete to win the Palme d’Or, won last year by “Anatomy Don Shot” by Justin Trier.
In addition to the tens of thousands of festival-goers, many film stars are expected this year, including Demi Moore, Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Adam Driver and Richard Gere.
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