In pictures: Vincent Lindon and the members of the jury at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Three weeks before its 75th edition, the Cannes Film Festival ended the suspense on Tuesday by announcing the composition of its jury, which will be chaired by French actor Vincent Lindon, interpretation prize in 2015 and actor in Titanium, the Palme d’or 2021. He will take over from American director Spike Lee who, with his jury, crowned the film by French director Julia Ducournau in July 2021. American Rebecca Hall, Swedish Noomi Rapace, Italian Jasmine Trinca and Indian Deepika Padukone. Four renowned directors will complete this jury: the Iranian Asghar Farhadi, the Frenchman Ladj Ly, the American Jeff Nichols and the Norwegian Joachim Trier. Review in pictures.

Realization : Olivier JUSZCZAK

• Actor Vincent Lindon, 62, 2015 performance award and actor in Titaniumthe Palme d’or 2021, will be the president of the jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival which will be held from May 17 to 28 on the Croisette.

• “It is an immense honor and a very great pride to be entrusted, in the midst of the tumult of the multiple events that we are going through in the world, with the splendid and heavy task of presiding over the Jury of the 75th Cannes International Film Festival”, said Vincent Lindon, quoted in the press release.

• Alternating filming between the United Kingdom and the United States, her two homelands, Rebecca Hall recently took her first steps as a director with Chiaroscuropresented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021.

• The Anglo-American actress, who will celebrate her 40th birthday in early May, has worked with filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelonaa role that earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

• In 2018, the magazine Time named Indian Deepika Padukone among the 100 most influential people in the world.

• A huge star in her country, she exported herself with xXx: Reactivated, blockbuster where she plays the main female role alongside the muscular Vin Diesel. This 36-year-old actress is also a producer.

• It’s in the leather and nails outfit of the punkette of Millenniuman adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s bestsellers, which the Swedish Noomi Rapace burst onto the screen in 2009.

• Next will come the big budget films in front of the lens of Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows2011) or Ridley Scott (Prometheus, 2012). She will also be chosen by demanding filmmakers like Brian De Palma (Passion2013).

• Italian Jasmine Trinca knows Cannes well, where she won the award for best female performance in 2017 for her role in Fortunate by Sergio Castellito.

• She started under the direction of Nanni Moretti in The son’s roomPalme d’or in 2001. The 40-year-old actress has since returned to the Croisette several times.

• Iranian director, producer and screenwriter, Asghar Farhadi, 49, was consecrated in 2011 with A separationa chronicle of a divorce that won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film – a first for an Iranian filmmaker -, the César for Best Foreign Film and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

• Asghar Farhadi’s latest film, A herowon the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

• French director, screenwriter, actor and producer, Ladj Ly, 44, was awarded the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 for his feature film Wretched.

• Nominated for the Oscar for best film, this box office success was also distinguished in France by the Césars.

• American director and screenwriter, Jeff Nichols, 43, was revealed in 2007 at the Berlin Film Festival with Shotgun Stories. In 2011, Jeff Nichols won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize with Take Shelterpsychological thriller.

• In 2016, back in competition at Cannes, Jeff Nichols presents loving, a drama adapted from a true story. The film is rewarded with the Golden Globe for best actor awarded to Joel Edgerton.

• Norwegian director and screenwriter, Joachim Trier, 48, has won numerous awards since his first feature film, New deal in 2006. Five years later, Oslo, August 31 is presented at Cannes, in the Un Certain Regard selection.

• Rewarded in particular at the Sundance, Toronto and Milan festivals, Julie (in 12 chapters), offered the Norwegian director a new selection in competition at Cannes last year. The performance of her compatriot, actress Renate Reinsve, was rewarded with the prize for female interpretation.