from Asghar Farhadi to Jasmine Trinca, who are the eight jurors of the 75th edition?

After revealing the name of the president of the jury for this 75th edition – actor Vincent Lindon – the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival have lifted the veil on the identity of the eight jurors who will accompany him: international actresses and directors, India to the United States via Iran.

Noomi Rapace

It’s in the leather and nails outfit of the punkette of Millenniuman adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s best-sellers, which this Swede burst onto the screen in 2009. Then came the big-budget films in front of Guy Ritchie’s lens (Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows2011) or Ridley Scott (Prometheus, 2012). She will also be chosen by demanding filmmakers like Brian De Palma (Passion, 2013). at 42, she will soon give the reply to Matthias Schoenaerts in the series Django by Studiocanal.

Asghar Farhadi

Iranian director, producer and screenwriter, Asghar Farhadi, 49, was consecrated in 2011 with A separation, a chronicle of a divorce that won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film – a first for an Iranian filmmaker -, the César for Best Foreign Film and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Asghar Farhadi’s latest film, A hero, won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, a pamphlet on ironic and subversive Iran, surprisingly passed between the emails of local censorship. Iranian justice has also just found the filmmaker guilty of plagiarism for the film, which would be inspired by the short film of one of his students. A disqualification of the filmmaker in the eyes of the international or a manipulation of the Iranian regime?

Jeff Nichols

American director and screenwriter, Jeff Nichols, 43, was revealed in 2007 at the Berlin Film Festival with Shotgun Stories. In 2011, Jeff Nichols won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize with Take Shelter, psychological thriller about the arrival of the tornado of the century on a family that does not believe the predictions of the father. A precedent to the recent don’t look up on Netflix, Grand Prix at the 2011 Deauville Festival. In 2016, back in competition at Cannes, Jeff Nichols presents loving, a drama adapted from the true story of an intermarriage in 1958 Virginia. The film is rewarded with the Golden Globe for best actor awarded to Joel Edgerton. In 2016, he denounced pedophilia within the Catholic congregation in the United States, in Midnight Special.

Ladj Ly

French director, screenwriter, actor and producer, Ladj Ly, 44, was awarded the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 for his feature film Wretched. Nominated for the Oscar for best film, this box office success was also distinguished in France by the Césars. Currently working on writing his second feature film, the filmmaker is also the founder of the Kourtrajmé film school based in Montfermeil, Marseille, Dakar and Madrid.

Rebecca Hall

Alternating filming between the United Kingdom and the United States, her two homelands, Rebecca Hall recently took her first steps as a director with Chiaroscuropresented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021. The Anglo-American actress, who will celebrate her 40th birthday in early May, has toured with filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg or Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelonaa role that earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

Joachim Trier

Norwegian director and screenwriter, Joachim Trier, 48, has won numerous awards since his first feature film, New deal in 2006. Five years later, Oslo, August 31 is presented at Cannes, in the Un Certain Regard selection. Rewarded in particular at the Sundance, Toronto and Milan festivals, Julie (in 12 chapters), offered the Norwegian director a new selection in competition at Cannes last year. The performance of her compatriot, actress Renate Reinsve, was rewarded with the prize for female interpretation of the Festival 2021.

Jasmine Trinca

The Italian knows Cannes well, where she was awarded the prize for best female performance in 2017 for her role in Fortunate by Sergio Castellito. She started under the direction of Nanni Moretti in son’s bedroom, Palme d’Or in 2001. The actress has since returned to the Croisette several times. At 40, she has just completed her first feature film, Marcel! which will be screened in a special session, the Festival announced on Tuesday.

Deepika Padukone

In 2018, the magazine Time ranked this Indian woman among the 100 most influential people in the world. A huge star in her country, she exported herself with xXx: Reactivated, blockbuster where she plays the main female role alongside the muscular Vin Diesel. This 36-year-old actress, also a producer, also created the Live Love Laugh Foundation, a body aimed at raising awareness of mental illness.