Juliette Binoche to preside more than 78th Film Festival Jury for Cannes

French actor Juliette Binoche will follow Greta Gerwig as jury president of the Cannes Film Festival In the next 78th edition.

It will mark a second time in the history of Cannes that the jury is led by a woman for two consecutive years.

Binoche is one of the most respected artists of France and has led an international career who has worked with authors all over the world, including Michael Haneke, David Cronenberg, Anthony Minghella, Abel Ferrara, Abbas Kiarostami, Olivier Assayas, Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Amos Gitaï, Amos Gitai, Amos Gitai, Naomi Kawase, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Louis Malle and Hou Hsiao-Hsien.

Her work is celebrated with dozens of prizes, including a best supporting actress statue at the Oscars for her role in “The English Patient” in 1997, and best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy” in 2010.

Binoche said about her role as jury president of Cannes that she “looks forward to sharing these life experiences with the members of the jury and the public.”

“In 1985 I walked up the stairs for the first time with the enthusiasm and uncertainty of a young actress; I never thought I would return 40 years later in President’s honorary doctorate, “she went further, adding that” she appreciates the privilege, responsibility and the absolute need for humility. “

The career of Binoche, which includes more than 40 years and 70 films, started when she landed her first major role in André Téchiné’s ‘Rendez-Vous’. That film premiered in Cannes in 1985, which is why Binoche often said that she was ‘born at the Cannes film festival’.

She was most recently in Cannes in 2023 with “The Taste of Things” by Trần Anh Hùng who won the best director.

The daring actor also occasionally dived into prestige TV, in particular with ‘The Staircase’ and ‘The New Look’, the AppletV+ series in which she plays Coco Chanel. She also played as herself in a hilarious episode of “Call My Agent!” Her chairman of the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival and the rejection of a Sleazyy but powerful film producer sees that.

A progressive figure who was recently elected president of the European Film Academy, Binoche has also expressed concern about education, immigration without papers and human rights in Iran. She also defended the #MeToo movement in France.

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival takes place from 13-24 May. Accreditations for the festival are open on Monday and close on April 18. Compiled by director and artistic director Thierry Fremaux and his selection committee of the Cannes Film Festival and the official selection of the festival will be unveiled in mid -April.

As recently announced, the president of Cannes Iris Knobloch was just re -elected For a second term of three years at the helm of the festival.