Diego Luna is joining the judge’s panel…
The 37-year-old Mexican actor, producer and director has been named to the Berlin Film Festival’s International Jury this year.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, German actress Julia Jentsch, Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha, Iceland’s Olafur Eliasson and Chinese writer-director Wang Quan’an will join Luna to round out the jury that will decide who will receive the Golden and Silver Bears at Berlinale next month.
Dutch helmer-writer Paul Verhoeven will lead the jury as President.
Luna’s breakthrough role come with Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También and he’s recently stared in Disney’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and has had roles in Contraband, Milk and The Terminal. His directorial debut Abel premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.
The Berlin Film Festival takes place February 9-19.