Italian actor- director Moretti to head Cannes jury
Italian actor and film director Nanni Moretti will head the jury at this year’s Cannes film festival in the French Riviera resort in May.
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Moretti, a former Palme d’Or winner in 2001 for his film, The Son’s Room, is the first European to lead the jury in four years following Robert de Niro in 2011, Tim Burton in 2010 and Sean Penn in 2008.
"It is a joy, an honour and a great responsibility to preside over the jury at the most prestigious cinema festival in the world, which takes place in a country which has always treated the cinema with attention and respect," Moretti said in accepting the festival role.
The festival’s general delegate Thierry Fremaux described Moretti as “very high in my personal pantheon” of movie greats.
Moretti has already presented six films at the prestigious film festival including last year’s We Have a Pope.
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