Farhadi’s film 'A Hero' won Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival last year.
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has joined the jury of the 75th edition of the Festival de Cannes.
The festival has named French actor Vincent Lindon as president of the jury for the 75th edition. He will be joined by eight other jury members comprisingAsghar Farhadi, UK actress and director Rebecca Hall, Indian actress Deepika Padukone, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, Italian actress and director Jasmine Trinca, French director Ladj Ly, US director Jeff Nichols and Norwegian director Joachim Trier.
Together with eight jury members, the actor who won Best Actor in 2015 will present the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films in competition on Saturday, May 28, during the closing ceremony, to be broadcast live by France Télévisions and Brut.
In a statement, Lindon said: ”It is a great honour and source of pride to be entrusted, in the midst of the tumult of all the events we are going through in the world, with the splendid, weighty task of chairing the Jury of the 75th International Cannes Film Festival.
”With my Jury, we will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the future, all of which carry the same secret hope of courage, loyalty, and freedom, with a mission to move the greatest number of women and men by speaking to them of their common wounds and joys. Culture helps the human soul to rise and hope for tomorrow.”
Farhadi made his directorial debut with Dance in the Dust (2003) and Beautiful City (2004). About Elly (2009) won the Silver Bear for Best Director in Berlin. His film A Separation (2011) became a sensation. It got critical acclaim inside and outside of Iran; it was awarded many prizes, among them the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making him the first Iranian filmmaker ever to win an Oscar. Farhadi’s sixth movie, The Past, was selected in competition at the Festival de Cannes, and brought the Best Actress Prize for Bérénice Bejo (2013). Back in Iran, Farhadi made The Salesman, awarded Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Shahab Hosseini in Cannes (2016). The film also brought the second Oscar for Iran in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Farhadi’s last film, A Hero, in Competition at the Festival de Cannes last year, was awarded Grand Prix.
Actress Rapace was in Cannes last year for her co-starring role in Lamb by Valdimar Jóhannsson, which debuted in Un Certain Regard.
Trinca has been a regular guest of Cannes since her big-screen debut in Nanni Moretti’s The Son’s Room, which won Palme d’Or in 2001.
Nichols made his Cannes debut with his second feature Take Shelter, which premiered at Sundance and then won the grand prize at Cannes Critics’ Week in 2011. He was then selected for Competition in 2012 with Mud and returned again to the section in 2016 with Loving.
Nearly all of Trier’s films have played at Cannes, kicking off with Oslo, August 31st, which premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2011, followed by Louder Than Bombs and The Worst Person In The World, which premiered in Competition in 2015 and 2021 respectively. Renate Reinsve won best actress for her performance in the latter, which was also nominated in the best international film category of the 2022 Oscars.
Indian mega-star Padukone has been a regular on the Cannes red carpet but has never had a film play in the Official Selection. Rebecca Hall is an acclaimed British-American actress, director, writer, and producer. Hall’s directorial debut, Passing, which she also wrote and produced, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Festival.
