2016 Cannes Jury Announced: Kirsten Dunst, Mads Mikkelsen, Arnaud Desplechin and more
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George Miller has chosen his jury for the 69th Festival de Cannes and it includes a wealth of previous winners at Cannes, including Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia, 2011), Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, 2012), Arnaud Desplechin (My Golden Days, 2015) and László Nemes (Son of Saul, 2015).
[box type=”shadow” align=”alignleft” class=”” width=””]Cannes has always sought to adopt a universal and international approach, and in tune with this tradition, George Miller will be surrounded by eight luminaries of world cinema, from Iran, Denmark, United States, Italia, France, Canada and Hungary. The Jury will therefore include four women and four men around George Miller. Their task will be to decide between the 21 films in Competition in order to select the winners – to be announced on stage at the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 22nd May. The film awarded by the Palme d’or will be screened this same evening, in the presence of the Jury and the entire team of the winning film.[/box]
| THE JURY
George MILLER – President Arnaud DESPLECHIN (Director, Writer – France) Kirsten DUNST (Actress – United States) Valeria GOLINO (Actress, Director, Writer, Producer – Italia) Mads MIKKELSEN (Actor – Denmark) László NEMES (Director, Writer – Hungaria) Vanessa PARADIS (Actress, Singer- France) Katayoon SHAHABI (Producer – Iran) Donald SUTHERLAND (Actor – Canada) |
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