Vinterberg, president of the jury and The Bling Ring for the opening
- The Danish filmmaker will preside the jury of the official selection of Un Certain Regard, which will open with the film by American director Sofia Coppola
As a teaser before the unveiling of the Official Selection of the 66th Cannes Film Festival (from May 15th to 26th, 2013) which will take place today at 11am in Paris, the team of the general delegate Thierry Frémaux and of the president Gilles Jacob revealed yesterday night through Twitter the names of the president of the jury and opening film for the Un Certain Regard selection.
The president of the Un Certain Regard jury will be Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (Prize of the Jury in Cannes for Festen in 1998 and rewarded last year for The Hunt [+see also:
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film profile] with a Best Actor Award for Mads Mikkelsen) who follows British filmmaker Tim Roth in this role.
As for the opening of Un Certain Regard, it will take place on Thursday May 16th, with the American feature film The Bling Ring by Sofia Coppola, starring British actress Emma Watson.
(Translated from French)
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