Apr 24 2005
Prestige, recognition, box office success, these can all be borne out of a win at the Cannes Film Festival. Attention at the world's premier film festival has made many careers. Find out who will decide the fate of the 2005 hopefuls.
Feature Films Jury:
- Emir KUSTURICA, president, is a Serbian director
- Toni MORRISON, an American writer
- Nandita DAS, an actress from India
- Salma HAYEK, a Mexican actress
- Agnès VARDA, a French director
- John WOO, a director from China
- Fatih AKIN, a German director
- Javier BARDEM, an actor from Spain
- Benoît JACQUOT, a director from France
Jury Cinéfondation and short films:
- Edward YANG, president, is a director from Taiwan
- Chantal AKERMAN, a director from Belgium
- Sylvie TESTUD, a French actress
- Yousry NASRALLAH, a director from Egypt
- Colin MACCABE, a writer and critic from the U.K.
Un Certain Regard Jury:
- Alexander PAYNE, president, is a director and screenwriter from America
- Betsy BLAIR, an American actress
- Sandra DEN HAMER, manager of the Rotterdam Film Festival from the Netherlands
- Katia CHAPOUTIER, a Canadian journalist
- Geneviève WELCOMME, a French journalist
- Gilles MARCHAND, a director and screenwriter from France
- Eduardo ANTIN, a critic and writer from Argentina
The Caméra d’Or Jury
- Abbas KIAROSTAMI, president, is an Iranian director
- Patrick CHAMOISEAU, a writer from France
- Malik CHIBANE, a director from France
- Romain WINDING, a director of photography from France
- Scott FOUNDAS, an American critic
- Roberto TURIGLIATTO of Turin Film Festival from Italy
- Luc POURRINET, a technician from France
- Yves ALLION, a French critic
- Laura MEYER, a film enthusiast from France