Cannes 2021 Jury Will Be Majority Women, Including Maggie

Cannes 2021 will make historical past, because the competition’s competitors jury will likely be majority feminine for the primary time ever.

Among the jurists are actress-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, French actress-director Mélanie Laurent, French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, Austrian director Jessica Hausner and French singer Mylène Farmer.

Director Spike Lee will preside over the jury, which additionally contains Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho, South Korea’s Song Kang-ho, and French actor Tahar Rahim.

The jurists will decide the winner of the Palme D’or and different awards, which will likely be introduced July 17.

The history-making jury comes throughout a yr when solely 4 of the 24 movies beneath competitors had been directed by girls. However, precisely half of the movies taking part in throughout Cannes Directors Fortnight have credited girls administrators.

The competition was canceled in 2020 on account of COVID-19, and its 2021 version was moved from its conventional dates in May to July. Attendance is predicted to be a lot smaller than the report 12,527 individuals who attended the 2019 competition, due to the persevering with journey restrictions from the pandemic.