In charge of handing out the Grand Prize in the 64th Critics’ Week, which will unspool from 14-22 May as an integral part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, its jury will be chaired by Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, who steps into the shoes of Joachim Trier, Lee Chang-dong, Bertrand Bonello, Miguel Gomes, Andrea Arnold, Ronit Elkabetz, Valérie Donzelli, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Ciro Guerra, Cristian Mungiu, Kaouther Ben Hania and Audrey Diwan. The director is therefore picking up the baton that had been destined for him last year before he had to pull out at the last minute for personal reasons, and which was subsequently entrusted to producer Sylvie Pialat (see the news).

As a reminder, Sorogoyen presented The Beasts [+leggi anche:
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The rest of the jury is made up of Moroccan journalist Jihane Bougrine, French-Canadian DoP Josée Deshaies (César-nominated for House of Tolerance [+leggi anche:
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