A host of recent Oscar and Palme d’Or winners will head up the jury for the 66th Cannes Film Festival, alongside the already announced president Steven Spielberg.
Those included are LIFE OF PI director Ang Lee, DJANGO UNCHAINED’s Christoph Waltz, Aussie actress Nicole Kidman, Romania’s award-winning filmmaker Cristian Mangiu, Japanese director Naomi Kawase and WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN’s acclaimed director Lynne Ramsey, who has recently caused controversy for not turning up to helm western thriller JANE GOT A GUN. French actor Daniel Auteuil will also preside as will Bollywood superstar Vidya Balan.
The iconic festival’s artistic director Thierry Fremaux added:
We have only one criteria and that is already done for the president – the legitimacy. So for the jury, Steven Spielberg will be the center and we are finishing it with great people. We have a lot of filmmakers coming from all over the world. They need to be sure that those who make the decisions about the awards have their own legitimacy and the respect to do that.
Oscar-winning New Zealand director Jane Campion has already been confirmed as the head up the Short Films and Cinefondation jury and French actress Audrey Tautou will host the opening and closing ceremonies for the prestigious festival running from 15th May to 26 May.
Source: THR
