Cannes Film Festival Welcomes Lily Gladstone, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and More to Join Greta Gerwig on Jury Duty

The 77th Cannes Film Festival Competition jury panel has been announced, and it includes some big names in the film industry. Headed by “Barbie” filmmaker Greta Gerwig, the panel consists of “The Killers of the Flower Moon” breakout Lily Gladstone, Palme d’Or-winning Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, and French stars Eva Green and Omar Sy.

The nine-member jury also includes Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, and Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino. With Gerwig leading the panel, there are five women and four men on the jury.

The prestigious Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, will be presented by Gerwig to one of the 22 films in competition at the closing ceremony on May 25. Some of the films in the running for the top honor include Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”, Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness”, and David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds”.

Last year’s Palme d’Or winner was Justine Triet’s courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”. The Cannes Film Festival 2024 will open on May 14 with “The Second Act”, a surreal comedy from French director Quentin Dupieux starring Lea Seydoux and Vincent Lindon.

Excitement is building as the festival approaches, and film enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting to see which film will take home the prestigious Palme d’Or this year.