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Brie Larson and Paul Dano on Cannes festival jury

The jury will announce the winner at the close of the festival on May 27.

Brie Larson and Paul Dano on Cannes festival jury

The jury for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival was announced Thursday, naming Oscar winner Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano and French director Julia Ducournau to the nine-member lineup.

Organisers of the prestigious French festival had previously said that last year's Palme d'Or winner, "Triangle of Sadness" director Ruben Ostlund, would preside over the main competition jury.


The group will select which of the 21 competing films is awarded the top prize at this year's May 16-27 festival.

Among the contenders are Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster, Ken Loach's The Old Oak, and Justine Triet's Anatomie d'une Chute.

The four-woman and five-man panel also includes Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Menochet, British-Zambian director Rungano Nyoni, Argentinian filmmaker Damian Szifron and French Afghan writer-director Atiq Rahimi.

The jury will announce the winner at the close of the festival on May 27.

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Sampat-Rawal, who was crowned Miss India in 1979, rose to fame with her role in the Indian sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi.

Actress earns Worcester honour

VETERAN actress and former Miss India, Swaroop Sampat-Rawal (pictured above), has been award­ed a fellowship by the University of Worcester.

Sampat-Rawal, who was crowned Miss India in 1979, rose to fame with her role in the Indian sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. She later pursued a PhD in education at the University of Worcester, graduating in 2006. Her research focused on using drama to en­hance life skills in children with learning disabilities.

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