Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong Join Juliette Binoche on Cannes Jury

Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong will be joining Juliette Binoche on the Croisette, the Cannes Film Festival announced today. Alongside the two American actors, Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Hong Sangsoo, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas will also be on the jury headed by Binoche. The 78th festival will take place May 14 – 24.

The jury will decide the winner of the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’or, to one of the 21 films in competition. The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 24. Last year, the jury headed by Greta Gerwig awarded Sean Baker’s “Anora” the Palme and it, of course, went on to win Best Picture and a scad of other Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Mikey Madison.

Indian director Kapadia returns to the South of France after winning the Grand Prix last year for “All We Imagine As Light.” Italian actress Rohrwacher is also a Cannes regular, often with her filmmaker sister, Alice Rohrwacher (“The Wonders” and “La Chimera.”

Among the previously announced films in the main competition are Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Richard Linklater’s “New Wave,” “Jeunes Mères” from the Dardenne brothers, Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha,” Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love” and “Affeksjonsverdi” (“Sentimental Value”) from Joachim Trier.

The directorial debuts of two American actors will play in the Un Certain Regard section: Scarlett Johansson’s “Eleanor the Great,” and Kristen Stewart’s “The Chronology of Water.” “Highest to Lowest,” the latest Spike Lee Joint, and Ethan Coen’s “Honey, Don’t!” “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” will play out of competition.

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