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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Greta Gerwig appointed jury president for 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Caption: Greta Gerwig appointed jury president for 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The Barbie director has signed up to head the jury, which is tasked with watching all the main competition films at the French festival and deciding which one should win the coveted Palme d'Or for best movie, among other prizes. ”I love films - I love making them, I love going to them, I love talking about them. As a cinephile, Cannes has always been the pinnacle of what the universal language of movies can be.” "Being in the place of vulnerability, in a dark theatre filled with strangers, watching a brand-new film is my favourite place to be.” "I am stunned and thrilled and humbled to be serving as the president of the Cannes Film Festival Jury. I cannot wait to see what journeys are in store for all of us!”. Gerwig, 40, is the first American female director to serve as Cannes jury president and the youngest person to take on the task since Sophia Loren, who was 31 when she presided over the jury in 1966. Gerwig is also the second female director following Jane Campion in 2014 and the second American woman after Olivia de Havilland, who was the first female jury president in 1965. Iris Knobloch, Festival President, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, added: ”This is an obvious choice, since Greta Gerwig so audaciously embodies the renewal of world cinema, for which Cannes is each year both the forerunner and the sounding board.” THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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