Cannes: Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman Named to Star-Studded Jury
Fremaux certainly stacked the jury with Cannes regulars and respected award winners.
Romanian director Cristian Mangiu, who won the Palme dOr in 2007 for his controversial drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and best screenplay for last years Beyond the Hills, will also return to the Croisette.
Annother Cannes regular, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay, will return. Ramsay's first film, Ratcatcher screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar in 1999, and her follow up, Morvern Callar won the festival's Award of the Youth in 2002. We Need to Talk About Kevin premiered at the festival in 2011 and led to several awards and nominations for star Tilda Swinton. Ramsay recently departed the beleaguered film Jane Got a Gun after several cast changes, allegedly feuding with producers and failing to show up for the first day of filming.
Japanese director Naomi Kawase won the Camera dOr in the Directors Fortnight for Suzaku in 1997, and followed it up a decade later with the Cannes Grand Prix for The Mourning Forest.
Actor Daniel Auteuil, who also took home a Palme dOr in 1996 for The Eighth Day, will represent France and Bollywood star Vidya Balan will round out the jury. India comes to Cannes as the special guest country of this years festival, celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema.
As prev! iously announced, Oscar and Palme dOr-winning director Jane Campion will head up the Short Films and Cinefondation jury.French actress Audrey Tautou will preside over the opening and closing ceremonies for the festival, which runs from May 15 - 26.
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