The jury of the Cannes Film Festival 2025 revealed

A high -level jury for the Cannes Film Festival 2025. Monday, a few weeks after the opening of the 78th edition, the organizers have revealed the composition of the jury that will surround president Juliette binoche From 13 to 24 May: Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo, Carlos Reygadas And Jeremy Strong They will have the difficult task of judging the 21 films in competition this year.

Hollywood actress par excellence, in 2022 Halle Berry became the first African American to win the Oscar for best actress for her interpretation in Monster’s Ball – athe shadow of hatred directed by Marc Forster. In addition to this important role, Bond Girl (in Death can waitthe latest film of the saga with Pierce brosnan), member of the X-Men team (in the role of storm) and also Catwoman (in 2004). Today the arrow of director can also add to his bow (Bruised – fight to live2020) and producer. Halle Berry has trodied the red carpet on two occasions: to present X-Men: final conflictin 2006; And for a more surprising reason in 2024, when it was the Tedofori of the Olympic flame on the Palais staircase, on the occasion of the International Festival of Cannes Lions creativity.

Payal Kapadia also trod the red carpet of Cannes in 2024: the Indian director returned home from the 77th edition of the Festival with the Grand Prix of the Jury for All We Imagine As Lightwork subsequently nominated ai Golden Globe and to the Bafta – but not to Oscaras France preferred them Emilia Pérez and the Indian Laapataa Ladies. It was not his absolute debut in Cannes: his first short film, Aphertteroon Cloudshad been selected for Cinéfondation in 2017 e Toute Une Nuit Sans Savoirhis first feature film, had obtained the œil d’or at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in 2021.

Another family face of the Croisette present in the jury is Alba Rohrwacher. The Italian actress worked in front of the camera of some of the greatest directors of her country (Marco Bellocchio, Luca GuadagninoMatteo Garrone, Nanni Moretti), but also of his sister, the brilliant director Alice Rohrwacherwith which he was in Cannes three times for Wonders And Lazzaro happyrewarded respectively with the Grand Prix in 2014 and the script prize (ex-aequo) in 2018 e The chimerain 2023. In the same year, the actress, already awarded the Venice Film Festival In 2014, he acted alongside Guillaume Canet in Hors Saison Of Stéphane Brizé.

The literature will be worthily represented by Leïla Slimani. The Franco-Marocchina author, Winner of the Prix Goncourt 2016 for Ninna bed (Chanson Douce), adapted for the big screen three years later with Karin Viard And Leïla Bekhtihas benefited his talent in several projects, including co-writing last year, together with Thomas Jollyof the opening ceremony of Olympic games of Paris.

Dieudo Hamadi, Congolese documentary director, documentary maker and producer, had already participated in the official competition with En route pour le Milliardin 2020. His presence in Cannes 2025 will mark a break in the filming of his next feature film, The east vie a chemin de ferand the series Milimo, les âmes errantes de kinshasawhich produces and directs for Canal+.

Asian cinema will be represented in this jury by the director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, also a habitué of the Cannes Film Festival, having been selected for the official competition on four occasions (La Femme est L’Avenir de l’homme In 2004, Count de cinéma In 2005, In Another Country In 2012 and The day after in 2017) and in the Unain Regard section (The Power of the Kangwon Provinces in 1998, Virgin stripped bare by Her Bachelors In 2000, Hahaha In 2010 and The day he arrival in 2011).

Carlos Reygadas is not new to Croisette, having presented his first two films in Cannes, Japón in 2002 and Battle in the skyselected for the official competition five years later. Ten years later Japónreceived the prize for the best direction with Post Darkbras Lux.

Second Hollywood star to join this jury, Jeremy Strong, was also present on the Croisette in 2024, interpreting Roy Cohn in The apprenticein official competition, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination, Golden Globe and Bafta – and two defeats against his brother in Succession, Kieran Culkin.

The Cannes 2025 Festival will open its doors on May 13, with an opening ceremony presented by Laurent Lafitte and enriched by an exceptional performance of Mylène Farmer. This 78th edition promises to be spectacular: Robert De Niro He will receive an honorary golden palm, and the out of competition presentation of the last chapter of the saga Mission: Impossible It will guarantee a red carpet in style already in the first days of the event. In the meantime, you can (re) discover All films of the official selection here.