Semaine de la CritiquePresident of the Jury steps down and
Sylvie Pialat has accepted to take over
Sylvie Pialat, President of the Jury of the 63ʳᵈ Semaine de la Critique ©DAVID BALICK
CHANGES IN LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE'S JURY
Due to personal reasons, Rodrigo Sorogoyen unfortunately has to step down as President of the jury for the 63rd Semaine de la Critique.
Sylvie Pialat has accepted to take over as President of the Jury.
French director Iris Kaltenbäck, who successfully presented The Rapture at La Semaine last year, joins the jury alongside Eliane Umuhire, Virginie Surdej and Ben Croll.
Sylvie Pialat will give the Semaine de la Critique Grand Prize for best feature film, the French Touch Prize of the Jury, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for best actor or actress, and the Leitz Ciné Discovery Prize for best short film.
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La Semaine de la Critique will take place in Cannes
from the 15th to the 23rd of May.
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Iris Kaltenbäck
Film director
©Aurélie Lamachère
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Virginie Surdej
Director of photography
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Ben Croll
Film critic and journalist
©Elena Fusco
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Eliane Umuhire
Actress
©Nicolas Nova
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