Omar Sy and Eva Green will be part of the jury of the 77th edition

The 77th^H The Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 14 to 25, announced on Monday, April 29, the formation of its jury, which includes Omar Sy, one of the most famous faces of French cinema.

The festival chose four men and four women to preside over director Greta Gerwig, an American film personality who became the queen of the box office with Barbie In 2023 (the film generated revenues of €1.38 billion). At 40, she is the youngest president of the Cannes Film Festival since Sophia Loren in 1966.

By joining the jury, Omar Sy, 46 years old, takes a new step in his career, since his first steps in humor at school (Omar and Farid) to his beginnings in Hollywood, as an actor and producer, through his popular successes in France (The outcasts).

The actor, who will debate with the other jury members to choose between the 22 competing films, should create a sensation on the red carpet: he is one of the favorites of the French and a popular actor all over the world. The world, especially after the success of the Netflix series Lupine.

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Sitting next to her is French actress Eva Green, 43 years old, who is also known for her roles in France (most recently the role of Milady in a movie). The three musketeers(than it is in Hollywood, with Tim Burton in particular)Dark shades), or alongside Daniel Craig in the James Bond films.

After a year of walking the red carpet Moonflower KillersDirected by Martin Scorsese, in a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar, actress Lily Gladstone, a Native American, joins the festival’s jury, the youngest of which at 37 years old.

Added to this list is the Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino (Traitor) 54 years; Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, 61, winner of the Palme d’Or in 2018 Family matter ; Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (Snow circle) 48 years; Lebanese director Nadine Labaki (50); and Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, 48 years old.

With the entire jury, there are twenty-two films vying for success Anatomy of a fallby Justin Treat, Palme d’Or 2023, and with over a hundred films announced, including parallel selections, the great world film festival is now ready to open.

Two months before the Olympics, this major event will be a dress rehearsal in terms of security for the authorities.

In addition to tens of thousands of festival-goers, this year there are also expected to be very big names in cinema: innovators star WarsGeorge Lucas for an honorary Palme d’Or, the godfather of Hollywood, Francis Ford Coppola, is looking for his third Palme d’Or Major citiesStar actors, such as Demi Moore, Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Adam Driver or Richard Gere.

The beginning will be on the evening of May 14, with an opening ceremony presented by Camille Cottin, and a screening of the latest comedy films by director Quentin Dupieux, with Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon and Louis Garrel. The second lawwhich is simultaneously released in theaters.