Ruben Östlund, President of the Jury who has twice been awarded the Palme d’or, is joined on the the Jury by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress & director Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director & screenwriter Damián Szifrón and French director Julia Ducournau who won the top prize in 2021 for “Titane”.
The Jury has the task of awarding the Palme d’or to one of the 21 films announced in Competition. The winners will be revealed on 27 May at the Closing ceremony which will be broadcast live by France Télévisions in France and by Brut. internationally. It will be followed by the Festival’s Last Screening: Elemental, the animated film by Peter Sohn.