American actor John C. Reilly will chair the Un Certain Regard selection jury

American actor John C. Reilly, who has distinguished himself in films by Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson and Jacques Audiard, will be the president of the jury for Un Certain Regard, one of the official selections of the Festival de Cannes, the organizers announced on Tuesday May 2.

He succeeds Italian director and actress Valeria Golino. “I experienced so many unforgettable moments at the Cannes Film Festival, from my unexpected first visit with Paul Thomas Anderson to my 50th birthday, celebrated on the stage at the Palais! It is therefore an incredible honor for me to be chosen as president of the Un Certain Regard jury.“, reacted the 57-year-old actor, quoted in the press release.

✨The American actor John C. Reilly will be the President of the Jury #In some perspective of the 76th Cannes Film Festival! Surrounded by 4 jurors, his mission will be to establish the winners #Cannes2023 of a section that celebrates young auteur and discovery cinema. ► https://t.co/FmxVeadaAi pic.twitter.com/vII72xYQjT

— Cannes Film Festival (@Festival_Cannes) May 2, 2023

Alice Winocour, Emilie Dequenne and Paula Beer in the jury

John C. Reilly will be accompanied by French director Alice Winocour (See Paris againpresented last year at the Quinzaine des cinéastes), actresses Paula Beer (Frantz by François Ozon), and Emilie Dequenne (revealed at Cannes in 1999 in Rosetta) and director Davy Chou (Return to Seoulpresented in the Un Certain regard section in 2022).

The 2023 Un Certain Regard selection includes twenty films. Among them, eight are first films. Salem by Frenchman Jean-Bernard Marlin (Scheherazade) has been added to the selection. Last year, it was the film by French directors Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, The worst, which had won the Prix Un Certain Regard. The 76th edition of the Festival has yet to announce the composition of its jury, chaired by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, who won his second Palme d’Or last year with his film Without filter.