In 2019, Touzani directed her first feature film, 'Adam', selected for the Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes and shortlisted for the Oscars.
Cannes Film Festival has selected Moroccan director and screenwriter Maryam Touzani to be part of the jury at the 76th edition, which will take place from May 16 to 27.
The festival unveiled the list of jury members, featuring internationally acclaimed actors, authors, screenwriters, and directors.
The jury includes French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter and director Rungano Nyoni, American actress and director Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano, Afghani author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director and screenwriter Damián Szifron and French director Julia Ducournau.
The jury will be led by Triangle of Sadness director and 2022 Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund.
Having begun her career as a film critic, Maryam Touzani soon desired to express her vision in a different way and stepped behind the camera to direct two short films, Quand ils dorment and Aya va à la plage. She then collaborated on Nabil Ayouch’s Much Loved. In 2019, she directed her first feature film, Adam, selected for the Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes and shortlisted for the Oscars. She then collaborated once again with Nabil Ayouch, with whom she co-wrote Razzia, a film in which she also starred, and Casablanca Beats, selected in Competition for the Festival de Cannes in 2021. She returned to the festival as a director with The Blue Caftan (2022), selected for Un Certain Regard and shortlisted for the Oscars. She is currently working on her first novel and her next feature film.
The Jury will have the task of awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films announced in the Competition. The awards will be revealed on May 27 at the closing ceremony which will be broadcast live by France Télévisions in France and by Brut internationally.
