The 68th Cannes International Film Festival - or "Le Festival International du Film de Cannes" or "Festival de Cannes" - will have its jury headed up by four-time Cannes awards winners Joel and Ethan Coen come May 13-24.
After winning the Palme d’ Or for Barton Fink in 1991, Best Director for Fargo in 1996 and The Man Who Wasn't There in 2001, as well as the festival’s Grand Prix for **Inside Llewyn Davis **in 2013, the pair have a long and happy history with the festival of festivals. This, their first jury presidency, is the icing on the cake.
This news comes as the Coen brothers finish off their latest film, Hail, Caesar!, a comedy set in 1950s Hollywood starring George Clooney, Christophe Lambert, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Josh Brolin and Channing Tatum that also involves a group of actors putting on a play set in ancient Rome.
If you're looking for the official line-up of who will attend with which films, you'll have to wait until April, when all of that information is officially announced. In the meantime, here's the statement from the Coen brothers about their upcoming jury duty:
“We look forward to returning to Cannes this year. We welcome as always the opportunity to watch movies there from all over the world. Cannes is a festival that has been important to us since the very beginning of our career. Presiding over the jury is a special honour, since we have never heretofore been president of anything. We will issue further proclamations at the appropriate time.”
The 68th Cannes International Film Festival will take place, as previously mentioned, between May 13-24.