29/04/2025 - The group tasked with handing out the Palme d’Or includes Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo, Carlos Reygadas and Jeremy Strong

l-r: Actor Jeremy Strong (© Paola Kudacki), actress Alba Rohrwacher (© Stephanie Gengotti), director Dieudo Hamadi (© Gertrude), author Leïla Slimani (© Francesca Mantovani/Gallimard), actress Juliette Binoche (© Brigitte Lacombe), actress Halle Berry (© Randy Holmes ABC), director Carlos Reygadas (© DR), director Payal Kapadia (© Ranabir Das) and director Hong Sangsoo (© DR) (© Cannes Film Festival)

Chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche (see the news), the official competition jury for the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May) has seen its full composition unveiled and will comprise nine members in total.

Four women join Binoche: US actress-director Halle Berry (Oscar for Best Actress for Monster’s Ball, seen recently in Mother Land), Indian writer-director Payal Kapadia (Grand Prix at Cannes last year for All We Imagine as Light [+see also:
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Also being summoned to weigh up the 21 films duking it out for the 2025 Palme d’Or are Congolese director, documentarian and producer Dieudo Hamadi (Downstream to Kinshasa [+see also:
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(Translated from French)