From May 11 to May 22, 2011 64th annual Cannes Film Festival is being held in Cannes . American actor Robert De Niro will be the president of the jury for the main competition and French filmmaker Michel Gondry will head the jury for the short film competition. South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho has been announced as the head of the jury for the Caméra d'Or prize, which is awarded to the best first-time filmmaker.
The opening film is Midnight in Paris, written and directed by Woody Allen. Mélanie Laurent will be the hostess of the opening and closing ceremonies.
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the festival. Gus Van Sant's Restless is scheduled to open the Un Certain Regard section. Jailed Iranian film directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof will be honoured at the festival. Goodbye by Rasoulof and Pahani's This Is Not a Film will be screened at the festival, and Panahi will be awarded the Carrosse d'Or.
Juries
International competition
Robert De Niro, American actor (President)
Jude Law, English actor
Uma Thurman, American actress
Martina Gusmán, Argentine actress and producer
Nansun Shi, Chinese producer
Linn Ullmann, Norwegian critic and writer
Olivier Assayas, French director
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chadian director
Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer
Un Certain Regard
Emir Kusturica, Serbian director (President)
Élodie Bouchez, French actress
Peter Bradshaw, British critic
Geoffrey Gilmore, American Creative Director of Tribeca Enterprises
Daniela Michel, Mexican director of the Morelia Festival
inéfondation and short films
Michel Gondry, French director (President)
Julie Gayet, French actress and producer
Jessica Hausner, Austrian director and producer
Corneliu Porumboiu, Romanian director
João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese director
Camera d'Or
Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director (President)
Danièle Heyman, French critic
Eva Vezer, Hungarian Head of Magyar Filmunio
Robert Alazraki, French cinematographer
Daniel Colland, French manager of Cinedia laboratory
Jacques Maillot, French director
Alex Masson, French critic
