10/04/2024 - Actress Eliane Umuhire, producer Sylvie Pialat, DoP Virginie Surdej and critic Ben Croll will flank the Spanish filmmaker on the jury of the Cannes parallel section

Director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (© Fabrizio de Gennaro/Cineuropa)

Tasked with handing out the Grand Prize in the 63rd Critics’ Week, which will unspool from 15-24 May as an integral part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, the section’s jury will be chaired by Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, who steps into the shoes of previous presidents Audrey Diwan, Kaouther Ben Hania, Cristian Mungiu, Ciro Guerra, Joachim Trier, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Valérie Donzelli, Ronit Elkabetz, Andrea Arnold, Miguel Gomes, Bertrand Bonello and Lee Chang-dong.

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As a reminder, Rodrigo Sorogoyen presented The Beasts [+see also:
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The remainder of the jury is made up of Rwandan actress Eliane Umuhire (Omen [+see also:
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(Translated from French)