It’ll be all business for Gael García Bernalat this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The 35-year-old Mexican actor, director and producer has been announced as one of the jury members who will make up this year’s main panel at this year’s edition.
In all, four men, including Garcia, and four women will support president Jane Campion on the jury panel.
The other world cinema “luminaries” include French actress and former Bond Girl Carole Bouquet; festival habituée Sofia Coppola, whose The Bling Ring opened the Un Certain Regard sidebar last year; Iranian actress Lelia Hatami (A Separation); Korean actress Do-yeon Jeon, winner of the 2007 Cannes Best Actress prize; American actor Willem Dafoe; Chinese filmmaker Zhangke Jia, who won the screenplay award for last year’s A Touch Of Sin; and 2011 Cannes directing prize winner Nicolas Winding Refn.
Garcia and his fellow jury members will judge the 18 films in competition with awards to be handed out May 24.
The Cannes Film Festival runs May 14-25.
