Alice Rohrwacher to chair the Caméra d'Or jury at Cannes
- The Italian filmmaker, whose features have all screened on the Croisette, will preside over the Caméra d'Or jury at the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May)
The identity of the Caméra d'Or jury chair lined up for the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May) has been unveiled: it will be Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher, whose features have all been screened on the Croisette, where she rose to fame in 2011 with Corpo Celeste [+see also:
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As a reminder, the Caméra d'Or jury’s job is to single out the best feature debut in the Official Selection, the Directors’ Fortnight and the Critics’ Week. In the past, the accolade has rewarded the work of such names as Jafar Panahi, Jim Jarmusch, Steve McQueen, Mira Nair, Naomi Kawase, Corneliu Porumboiu, Lukas Dhont, Léonor Serraille and, last year, Norway’s Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for Armand [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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