Brie Larson, Paul Dano & Julia Ducournau Join Cannes Film Festival 2023 Jury
04.05.2023 - 04:07
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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the eight members of the main Competition jury, who will join its previously announced president Ruben Östlund at the 76th edition, running May 16 to 27
They comprise Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter and director Rungano Nyoni, American actress and director Brie Larson, American Actor Paul Dano, Afghan writer and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director and screenwriter Damián Szifrón and director Julia Ducournau.
Like two-time Palme d’Or winner Östlund, most of the jury members have strong Cannes pedigrees.
Having long collaborated on her husband Nabil Ayouch’s films such as Much Loved, Touzani made her feature directorial debut in Cannes Un Certain Regard with Adam in 2019 and returned to the section in 2022 with The Blue Caftan, which made it onto the Oscars long-list in the Best International Film category.
Ménochet’s Cannes credits include Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 Palme d’Or contender Inglourious Basterds. Other Cannes titles include Rebecca Zlotowski’s Grand Central (Un Certain Regard, 2013), Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch (Competition, 2021) and Beasts (Cannes Premiere, 2022).
Nyoni broke out internationally in Cannes in 2017 when her first feature I’m Not A Witch took parallel section Directors’ Fortnight by storm, having been developed with the support of La Résidence du Festival.
Countless projects involving topped by Larson have found financing up and down the Croisette, but jury duty marks the Oscar-winning Room actress and Captain Marvel star’s first official trip to Cannes.
Dano’s many credits include Little Miss Sunshine (2006), There Will Be Blood (2007), Twelve Years A Slave and more recently The