Benoît Magimel will be the president of the jury of the 50th Deauville American Film Festival

Actor Benoît Magimel will chair the 50th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, which will be held from September 6 to 15, the organizers announced on Wednesday, July 17.

“With more than sixty films embracing all the diversity and richness of contemporary French cinema, and under the direction of the greatest, from Michael Haneke, Claude Chabrol, Emmanuelle Bercot, Guillaume Canet, Quentin Dupieux, to Alice Winocour or Emmanuel Finkiel, Benoît Magimel has become a popular national figure as well as a talent recognized by his peers.“, the organizers wrote in a press release.

Benoît Magimel was revealed at the age of 13 in Étienne Chatiliez’s comedy Life is a long, quiet riverand this role will mark him forever: “There are leading roles that are never forgotten. But few define their interpreter to the point of becoming one with them.”underlines the Deauville Festival. “Benoît Magimel is one of those children of the ball who, in the manner of Jean-Pierre Léaud, have become cinema incarnate”the statement added.

“The only one in the history of the 7th art to win two consecutive Césars for best actor“, as the festival also recalls, the 50-year-old actor was also on the bill in 2023 for Tran Anh Hùng’s film The Passion of Dodin Bouffantselected to represent France at the last edition of the Oscars in the category of best foreign film, but was ultimately not selected by the American Academy. In June, the Deauville Festival announced that it would receive American actor and producer Michael Douglas as guest of honor.