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Jury of the 68th Festival de Cannes announced

MUMBAI: The jury for the 68th Festival de Cannes will see seven key figures in world cinema from Canada, Spain, the United States, France, Mali, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

This year, directors, screenwriters and producers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen have been named as the two presidents of the Jury.

Along with the Coen brothers, the Jury will thus be made up of nine distinctive voices – four women and five men – each with the same voting rights.

Their task will be to decide among the films in competition and select the prize winners, culminating in the Palme d’or, which will be announced on stage during the festival closing ceremony on 24 May.

The jury members are: Rossy de Palma (actress – Spain), Sophie Marceau (actress, director – France), Sienna Miller (actress – United Kingdom), RokiaTraoré (composer, singer-songwriter – Mali), Guillermo del Toro (director, writer, producer – Mexico), Xavier Dolan (director, writer, producer, actor – Canada) and Jake Gyllenhaal (actor – United States).

April 22, 2015
Coen brothers named presidents of Cannes Film Festival jury

MUMBAI: American filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen will be presiding over the jury of the 68th Festival de Cannes.

This will be the first time in the history of the Festival de Cannes, when not one but two leading figures will chair the Jury.

“We look forward to returning to Cannes this year. We welcome as always the opportunity to watch movies there from all over the world. Cannes is a festival that has been important to us since the very beginning of our career. Presiding over the Jury is a special honour, since we have never heretofore been president of anything. We will issue further proclamations at the appropriate time,” said Joel and Ethan Coen.

The brothers are currently filming the George Clooney, Christophe Lambert, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Josh Brolin and Channing Tatum starrer film Hail Caesar!

2015 is the celebration of 120 years since the invention of the Lumi?re cinematograph, and the Festival de Cannes will recognise, through the Coens, the work of all “cinema brothers” who, since Louis and Auguste Lumi?re, have enriched its history. The Festival has also had the opportunity to welcome “brothers” in a great way: like Joel and Ethan Coen who won the Palme d’or in 1991, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani received it in 1976, as well as Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne in 1998 and in 2005.

The Festival de Cannes will take place from 13-24 May, 2015. The composition of the Official Selection and the members of the Jury will be unveiled in mid-April.

January 20, 2015
‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ tops National Society of Film Critics Awards

MUMBAI: The National Society of Film Critics, made up of 56 of America’s most distinguished writers on film, on4 January, Saturday voted Inside Llewyn Davis the Best Picture of 2013 at its 48th annual awards voting meeting.

The Society, using a weighted ballot system, held the meeting at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

With four wins, Inside Llewyn Davis led the awards. Oscar Isaac, who plays the struggling folk singer in the film, won the group’s award for best actor. In addition to Best Actor, it also won the Best Direction (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Cinematography (Bruno Delbonnel), and Best Picture.

Other winners included Best Actress to Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, Best Supporting Actor to James Franco for Spring Breakers, Best Supporting Actress to Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle, Best Foreign Language Film to Blue Is the Warmest Color and Best Non-Fiction Film to Joshua Oppenheimer for The Art of Killing.

January 6, 2014