Leïla Slimani, Jeremy Strong, Halle Berry … The jury of the Cannes Film Festival

From the jury of the 78th edition of the Cannes Festival, we only knew the president: La Française Juliette Binoche. The artists who will accompany him on the Croisette were unveiled this April 28. Parity is respected: 4 women, 4 men. The American actress Halle Berry, the Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, the Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher and the French novelist Leïla Slimani form half of this very international panel.

On the men’s side, the Congolese director, documentary and producer Dieudo Hamadi; The director and screenwriter Korean Hong Sangsoo; The director, screenwriter and Mexican producer Carlos Reygadas and the American actor Jeremy Strong will participate in the debates to put the Palme d’Or.

The supreme award will distinguish one of the 21 films in official competition – remember that three French films are in the running. Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Mothers), Iranian Jafar Panahi (A simple accident), the American Wes Anderson (The Phoenician Scheme) or the French Hafsia Herzi (The little last) will compete for the favors of the jury, which will notably designate the successor of Anora of the American Sean Baker, Palme d’Or 2024, at the top of the Cannes charts. The list will be revealed on May 24.

The long story of Juliette Binoche on the Croisette

This announcement comes as the name of the president of the jury has been known since early February. Juliette Binoche is succeeding this year the American director Greta Gerwig. For the second time in the history of the festival, two female artists will be transmitted this prestigious torch – Olivia de Havilland and Sophia Loren had succeeded in the mid -1960s. “I look forward to sharing these moments of life with the members of the jury and the public. In 1985, I climbed the steps for the first time with the enthusiasm and uncertainty of a young actress (pour Appointment by André Téchiné, editor’s note). I did not imagine returning forty years later in this honorary role of president of the jury. I weigh the privilege, responsibility and the absolute necessity of humility », explained the 60 -year -old actress in the festival press release. Rumped in the exercise, the actress already presided over the Berlinale in 2019.

Juliette Binoche has a long story with La Croisette, where nine of her films were presented in the official selection. « I was born at the Cannes Film Festival »she often repeats. In 2010, Compliant copy From Abbas Kiarostami, offers him the interpretation price in Cannes. Directed by the Iranian director at the heart of the Tuscan campaign, facing a British opera singer, she wore this universal story mixing love and art and to better understand their truth. She was also present at the top of the steps to The passion of Dodin puffy, From Trần Anh Hùng in 2023. In 2024, she put her eyes away, a palm of gold of honor to Meryl Streep.