The full jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which takes slightly later than usual in July, has been announced via official press release. Spike Lee will head this year’s line-up and he’s joined by some of world cinema’s best filmmakers.
The 2021 line-up is as follows:
Spike Lee – President
Director, producer, screenwriter (United States)
Mati Diop
Director (France, Senegal)
Mylène Farmer
Singer, songwriter (Canada, France)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actress, producer, screenwriter, director (États-Unis)
Jessica Hausner
Director, producer, screenwriter (Austria)
Mélanie Laurent
Actress, director, screenwriter (France)
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Director, producer, screenwriter (Brazil)
Tahar Rahim
Actor (France)
Song Kang-ho
Actor (South Korea)
This year’s festival takes place from 6th July with Annette opening proceedings. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, and the latest Paul Verhoeven film, Benedetta. Sean Penn will also return to France and the competition with his latest, Flag Day, while Tangerine and The Florida Project director Sean Baker will debut his new film, Red Rocket.
The full line-up can be seen here.
