CANNES, France (AP) — , and Indian filmmaker will be among the jury members at this year's deciding the Palme d'Or winner.
Festival organizers on Monday unveiled the eight jury members who will join president at the 78th edition of the French film festival next month. The other jurors are Italian actor Alba Rohrwacher, Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo, Congolese director Diedo Hamadi, Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas and French-Moroccan writer LeĂŻla Slimani.
Many of the jurors have previous experience at Cannes. Last year, Kapadia became the first Indian filmmaker in the festival's prestigious competition lineup in 30 years with “All We Imagine As Light.” Last year's festival also featured which starred Strong, though he didn't attend because he was performing on Broadway.
The Cannes Film Festival runs May 13-24. Among are Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” and Lynne Ramsay's “Die, My Love.”
The Associated Press
