Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French actor Juliette Binoche will succeed Greta Gerwig as jury president of the Cannes Film Festival at the upcoming 78th edition.
It will mark a second time in Cannes history that the jury will headed by a woman for two consecutive years. Binoche is one of France’s most revered performers and has led an international career, having worked with auteurs around the world including Michael Haneke, David Cronenberg, Anthony Minghella, Abel Ferrara, Abbas Kiarostami, Olivier Assayas, Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Amos Gitaï, Naomi Kawase, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Louis Malle and Hou Hsiao- hsien.
Her work has been celebrated with dozens of awards, including a best supporting actress statue at the Oscars for her role in “The English Patient” in 1997, and best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy” in 2010.
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