Now that we know the feature films in Official Competition at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, we’ve been eagerly awaiting who the Jury members would be. Of course, the President of the Jury, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, has already been appointed. And now we wait no longer. The four women and four men declared as Jury Members are a diverse bunch.
ENKI BILAL – Graphic Novelist, Filmmaker – The Nikopol trilogy – The Carnival of Immortals (1980), The Woman Trap (1986), Bunker Palace Hotel (1989), Cold Equator (1992), Tykho Moon (1996), Immortal (2004).
ROBIN CAMPILLO – Director, Screenwriter, Editor – Time Out (2001), Came Back (2004) Heading South (2005), The Class (2008), Eastern Boys (2013), 120 BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017).
ELLE FANNING – Actress – Babel (2006), Somewhere (2010), Ginger & Rosa (2012), The Neon Demon (2016) Mary Shelley (2017), The Beguiled (2017).
YORGOS LANTHIMOS – Director, Screenwriter, Producer – Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Favourite (2018).
MAIMOUNA N’DIAYE – Actress, Director –Chasing Butterflies (1992), Kirikou (1996), Warbassanga (1998), Eye of the Storm (2015) Bol d’amour (2001), A Woman like no other (2008).
PAWEŁ PAWLIKOWSKI – Director, Screenwriter – Last Resort (2001), My Summer of Love (2004), The Woman in the Fifth (2011), Ida (2014), Cold War (2018).
KELLY REICHARDT – Director, Screenwriter, Editor – River of Grass (1994), Old Joy (2006), Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek’s Cutoff (2010), Night Moves (2013), Certain Women (2016).
ALICE ROHRWACHER – Director, Screenwriter –Heavenly Body (2011), The Wonders (2014), Happy as Lazzaro (2018).