UPDATE (13 May 2024): Citing personal reasons, Rodrigo Sorogoyen has had to forgo serving as the jury chair for the 63rd edition of the Critics’ Week. The new jury president has been confirmed as producer Sylvie Pialat. In addition, French director Iris Kaltenback (The Rapture [+leggi anche:
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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.

As a reminder, Rodrigo Sorogoyen presented The Beasts [+leggi anche:
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The remainder of the jury is made up of Rwandan actress Eliane Umuhire (Omen [+leggi anche:
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