Alba Rohrwacher Joins Cannes Jury for 2023 Festival

Cannes: Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher is on the jury of this year’s Cannes Film Festival from May 13 to 24, organisers said Monday. The announcement by the festival completes the group that with Juliette Binoche as president will award the Palme d’Or on Saturday 24 May.

According to Ansa News Agency, with the Italian actress there are also the American actress and director Halle Berry, the Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, the French-Moroccan writer Lela Slimani, the Congolese director, documentary maker and producer Dieudo Hamadi, the Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sang-soo, the Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Carlos Reygadas and the American actor Jeremy Strong.

Florence-born Rohrwacher, 46, sister of actress-director Alice, most recently won plaudits in her sister’s La Chimera and Pablo Larrain’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas.