Feb
3,
2025
The Cannes Film Festival announced Monday that Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche has been named president of the 2025 main competition jury. The 78th edition of the festival will run from May 13th to 24th.
“I’m looking forward to sharing [my] life experiences with the members of the jury and the public,” Binoche said in a statement. “In 1985, I walked up the [Cannes theater] steps for the first time with the enthusiasm and uncertainty of a young actress; I never imagined I’d return 40 years later in the honorary role of president of the jury. I appreciate the privilege, the responsibility and the absolute need for humility.”
Binoche now 60 has always had a love affair with the camera. She has won the best actress prizes from all three of the major international film festivals (Cannes, Venice and Berlin.)
Some of her most acclaimed films include both French and English-language dramas such as “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” “Three Colours: Blue,” “Damage,” “Chocolat” and“The English Patient,” for which she won an Oscar and a BAFTA in 1997.
The Cannes president leads jury deliberations for the festival’s official selection and gets two votes when voting for the prizes, including the Palme d’Or.
