Also on the jury are filmmakers Celine Song, Julia Ducournau, Karim Aïnouz and Hakim Belabbes, as well as actor-director Payman Maadi. “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho is the jury president, as previously announced.
The jury is tasked with judging the 14 first and second feature films presented in an official competition dedicated to discovering new international talent.
British-American actress Taylor-Joy rose to fame in “The Queen’s Gambit” and further established herself in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “Dune: Part Two”; U.S. actor Ortega is the star of the series “Wednesday” and the film “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” by Tim Burton; and Canadian Song is the director of the Oscar nominated “Past Lives.”
French director Ducournau won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for “Titane,” while her third feature,…
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