Greta Gerwig will be the president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival

Greta Gerwig will be the president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival

December 14, 2023 – 1:10 p.m.

The next edition will take place in that city in southeastern France from May 14 to 25, 2024, the organization reported today.

The director of “Barbie”, Greta Gerwigwill be the president of the jury for the next Cannes Film Festivalwhich will take place in that city in southeastern France from May 14 to 25, 2024, the organization reported today.

“I deeply love movies. I love making them, I love going to see them, I love talking about them for hours,” said the director of Ladybird (2017) and Little Women (2019) in the statement issued by the prestigious competition, whose last jury president was the Swede Ruben Ostlund.

“As a cinephile, Cannes has always been for me the pinnacle of what the universal language of cinema can represent. Putting myself in a state of vulnerability, sitting in a dark room full of strangers to watch a new film, is what I love the most. I like it. I feel overwhelmed, excited and humbled to become president of the jury,” Gerwig added.

Barbie, the big hit of the season

“Barbie”with the protagonist Margot Robbiebecame the great sensation of the film season with a shocking collection of 1,442 million dollars and rose in the last hours with 18 nominations for the Critics’ Choice awards given by the American specialized critics.

In addition, it received nine nominations at the Golden Globes.

Source: Ambito

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