Name: Paul Dano, Brie Larson Among Jury of the 76th Cannes Film Festival
Start: 2026-04-22T19:24:48-04:00
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Paul Dano, Brie Larson Among Jury of the 76th Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

From left to right : Julia Ducournau © Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Images – Damián Szifrón © Gabriel Machado – Rungano Nyoni © Gabriel Gauchet – Paul Dano © Jay L. Clendenin / Getty Images – Ruben Östlund © Julien Lienard / Getty Images – Denis Ménochet © Sabine Villiard – Brie Larson © Randy Holmes / Getty Images – Atiq Rahimi © Frédéric Stucin – Maryam Touzani © Lorenzo Salemi

Cannes Film Festival today unveiled the complete jury presided over by Swedish filmmaker and two-time Palme d’or winner Ruben Östlund. Alongside the President, the Jury features Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress & director Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director & screenwriter Damián Szifrón and French director Julia Ducournau who won the top prize in 2021.

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Angel City directed by Arlene Nelson and executive produced by Natalie Portman, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, and Jimmy Chin

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Traverse City Film Festival

Traverse City Film Festival (image via Facebook)

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Horror + Scifi, Independent Film

Outpost directed by Joe Lo Truglio

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Sundance Film Festival: London

You Hurt My Feelings starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Cannes Film Festival

Michael Douglas (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

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Horror + Scifi, Independent Film

Moon Garden directed by Ryan Stevens Harris

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Tribeca Film Festival

Paul McCartney, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Mellencamp (Tribeca Festival)

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Cannes Film Festival

John C. Reilly © Vera Anderson / Getty Images – Alice Winocour © Aurélie Lamachère – Émilie Dequenne © Delphine Ghosarossian – Paula Beer © Christian Hartmann – Davy Chou © Julien Lienard

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Independent Film

Ordinary Angels starring Hilary Swank

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The Taking directed by Alexandre O. Philippe

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Thelonious Monk in Rewind & Play directed by Alain Gomis

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