The actor Bensan LyndonAward for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 and an actor in the film “Titane” who was honored with the Golden Palm in 2021, will be the chairman of the jury at the 75th Cannes International Film Festival to be held from 17 to 28 May in Cruise, the organizers announced today.
The 62-year-old actor will succeed American director Spike Lee who, with his jury, awarded the Golden Palm, in July 2021, the film “Titane” by French director Julia Dicourno.
“It is a great honor and pride for me to be entrusted, in the midst of the turmoil with the many events we are going through in the world, with the wonderful and important task of chairing the jury of the 75th Cannes International Film Festival,” said Vincent Lyndon. official announcement.
The announcement is issued at the end of a long period of anxiety: usually, the name of the chairman of the jury becomes known at the beginning of the year and the names of the members of the jury are announced a few weeks before the festival.
With the resumption of cinema after the pandemic and the development of the series, “all artists are working”, he had underlined in mid-April. Thierry Fremothe general manager of the festival, to justify the erratic schedule.
Lyndon will have to choose the film that will win the Golden Palm out of 21 films competing. It will be supported by eight committee members (four women, four men).
Among them, the British actress Rebecca Hall who became famous mainly from the movie “Vicky Christina Barcelona”, the Iranian director Asgar Faradi (“A Hero”, Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival 2021) and the French director Lange Lee (“The Poor “, Jury Prize 2019).
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