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| Monia Chokri who is president of the Camera d'Or Jury Photo: © Vincent Storaro/Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival |
She and her four jury members will select the best directorial debut from among the films in the Official Selection, the Critics' Week and the Director's Fortnight.
The 79th edition of the festival will run from May 12 to 23 and the winner’s film will be announced during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, May 23.
Chokri said: “A debut film is a dizzying experience, a defining moment when the soul seeks its form in images. It is a second birth – the awakening of the artist within. An act of truth, it exposes our fragility. And the more the film reveals itself to the world, the more power it gains. It is the rare freedom of being fully oneself.”
Chokri established herself as a star in front of the camera including The Age Of Darkness and Hearbeats made her own short film directorial debut with An Extraordinary Person in 2013. She went on to make A Brother’s Love (Un Certain Regard 2019), Babysitter (2022) and The Nature of Love.
She will be joined on the jury by cinematographer (Winged Migration), film critic Cédric Coppola, director and screenwriter Marine Francen (The Sower), and Christophe Massie, deputy CEO of Eclair by Netgem.
