Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prix with All We Imagine as Light at last year's Cannes Film Festival, is returning this year as a jury member.
The Mumbai-born director and writer will join Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and British actor Jeremy Strong on a jury headed by French actress and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche.
Other members include Italian actor Alba Rohrwacher; Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo; Congolese director Dieudo Hamadi; Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas; and French-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani.
The jury members will be tasked with deciding this year's Palme d'Or winner. A total of 19 films are vying for the top prize this year, six of which are directed by women.
Kapadia last year became the first Indian filmmaker in the prestigious competition line-up in 30 years with her searing drama All We Imagine as Light, which explores loneliness, love and womanhood in today’s India.
She joins an impressive list of fellow Indians on the jury at the festival, which begins on May 13 and is now in its 78th year. Here are nine other famous faces who have served in the past.
Mrinal Sen
The late filmmaker was the first Indian jury member. He joined the group in 1982, the year before his film Kharij won the jury prize. Other films of his to be presented in France include Ek Din Pratidin, Khandar and Genesis.
Mira Nair
The notable director served on the jury in 1990 and has many accolades and nominations to her name. Her debut feature film Salaam Bombay! was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars in 1988. She won the Camera d'Or and Grand Prix at Cannes, alongside numerous other awards.
Arundhati Roy
Roy may be better known for her literary prowess, having won the Booker Prize for her novel The God Of Small Things, published in 1997, but she was invited to join the Cannes film jury in 2000. The author and activist's early career focused on screenplays and she's written for television.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Rai made her first Cannes appearance in 2002, turning heads by wearing a yellow sari on the red carpet for the premiere of Devdas, which co-starred Shah Rukh Khan. Only one year later, she was serving on the jury, becoming the first Indian actress to do so.
Nandita Das
Two years after Rai, Das served in 2005. In 2013, the actress and filmmaker, known for directing Firaaq (2008) and for starring in Fire (1996) and Bawandar (2000), joined the juries for Cinefondation, which promotes next-generation international filmmakers, and short film.
Sharmila Tagore
The veteran actress joined the international jury in 2009, but her career at Cannes started decades before that, when her 1960 film Devi, directed by Satyajit Ray, was screened at the festival in 1962.
Shekhar Kapur
It was Kapur's turn in 2010. The Bafta and Golden Globe-nominated filmmaker and actor is known for his work on Elizabeth (1998), The Four Feathers (2002) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007).
Vidya Balan
It was three years before another Indian representative served, but in 2013, multi-award-winning Kahaani actress Balan was invited to join the prestigious group, the same year she made her Cannes debut.
Balan is known for portraying strong female characters. She was last seen in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, which became one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2024.
Deepika Padukone
One of the most influential Indian stars, the Bollywood actress was a regular on the Cannes red carpet as a L'Oreal ambassador, before becoming a jury member in 2022.
She served alongside veteran French actor Vincent Lindon, as well as British actress and director Rebecca Hall; Swedish actress Noomi Rapace; Italian actress and director Jasmine Trinca; Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French director Ladj Ly; American director Jeff Nichols and Norwegian director Joachim Trier.
“I feel really proud to be here as an Indian and to be representing the country,” Padukone said. “But when we look back at 75 Years of Cannes, there have been only a handful of Indian films and Indian talent that have been able to make it and I feel like collectively as a nation today we have it.”
Besides her jury duties, Padukone, who also made history that year by becoming the first Indian to be a Louis Vuitton ambassador, was widely praised for showcasing her culture on the red carpet.
Spain drain
CONVICTED
Lionel Messi Found guilty in 2016 of of using companies in Belize, Britain, Switzerland and Uruguay to avoid paying €4.1m in taxes on income earned from image rights. Sentenced to 21 months in jail and fined more than €2m. But prison sentence has since been replaced by another fine of €252,000.
Javier Mascherano Accepted one-year suspended sentence in January 2016 for tax fraud after found guilty of failing to pay €1.5m in taxes for 2011 and 2012. Unlike Messi he avoided trial by admitting to tax evasion.
Angel di Maria Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain star Angel di Maria was fined and given a 16-month prison sentence for tax fraud during his time at Real Madrid. But he is unlikely to go to prison as is normal in Spain for first offences for non-violent crimes carrying sentence of less than two years.
SUSPECTED
Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid's star striker, accused of evading €14.7m in taxes, appears in court on Monday. Portuguese star faces four charges of fraud through offshore companies.
Jose Mourinho Manchester United manager accused of evading €3.3m in tax in 2011 and 2012, during time in charge at Real Madrid. But Gestifute, which represents him, says he has already settled matter with Spanish tax authorities.
Samuel Eto'o In November 2016, Spanish prosecutors sought jail sentence of 10 years and fines totalling €18m for Cameroonian, accused of failing to pay €3.9m in taxes during time at Barcelona from 2004 to 2009.
Radamel Falcao Colombian striker Falcao suspected of failing to correctly declare €7.4m of income earned from image rights between 2012 and 2013 while at Atletico Madrid. He has since paid €8.2m to Spanish tax authorities, a sum that includes interest on the original amount.
Jorge Mendes Portuguese super-agent put under official investigation last month by Spanish court investigating alleged tax evasion by Falcao, a client of his. He defended himself, telling closed-door hearing he "never" advised players in tax matters.
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