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Spike Lee president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival

2021-03-16T15:50:02.747Z


American director Spike Lee will chair the jury at the 74th Cannes Film Festival in July. The organizers announced it. Spike Lee was supposed to preside last year, but the pandemic prevented the review from taking place. (HANDLE)


(ANSA) - PARIS, MARCH 16 - American director Spike Lee will chair the jury of the 74th Cannes film festival in July.

The organizers announced it.

Spike Lee was supposed to preside last year, but the pandemic prevented the review from taking place.


    "His enthusiasm and his passion for cinema have given us a huge boost of energy to prepare for the great Festival that everyone has been waiting for. The party will be fantastic, we simply can't wait!" Said General Delegate Thierry Frémaux.

Meanwhile, preparations are underway with a large number of films screened by the selection committee, so they declare at the festival, for the edition from 6 to 17 July on the Croisette: "These 12 summer days will be a celebration of art and creativity, and full of meetings. long awaited. The official selection and the composition of the jury will be revealed at the beginning of June ".

Prevented last year due to health crisis, the Cannes Film Festival "kicks off this new decade with an outstanding jury president, one of the greatest directors of his generation, as well as screenwriter, actor, editor and producer. For 30 years, the tireless Spike Lee he was an astute chronicler of the questions of his time, with a resolutely contemporary approach that is never without lightness and fun ".

“During the months of uncertainty we've just gone through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us.


   This support is finally coming to fruition and we could not have hoped for a more powerful personality to track our troubled times, "added festival president Pierre Lescure. (ANSA).


Source: ansa

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