John C. Reilly Named President of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard’ Jury
thewrap.comCannes film festival. He will be joined by French director and screenwriter Alice Winocour, German actress Paula Beer, French-Cambodian director and producer Davy Chou and Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne.
While the films in competition at Cannes tend to favor bigger names (like Wes Anderson from this year’s roster), the Un Certain Regard section showcases emerging auteurs.
Among the 20 films selected for this year’s Un Certain Regard, eight are first-time directors. “I have had so many life changing moments at the Festival de Cannes (from my miraculous first trip with Paul Thomas Anderson to celebrating my 50th birthday from the Palais stage!) so to be chosen as the President of Un Certain Regard Jury is truly such an incredible honor,” Reilly said in a statement. “Many of the films I have been lucky to appear in have been selected by the Festival over these many years and nothing feels as special as being invited to this amazing annual gathering of the very best cinema has to offer the world.
I look forward to helping launch another generation of filmmakers on this special occasion as the Festival has done since its inception.
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