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American director and producer Steven Spielberg will preside this year over a star-studded Jury. Well known international film celebrities listed below, will offer their expert opinions to select winners during this years Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their tasks and challenges as part of the Jury of the 66th Festival de Cannes is to decide between the various films in Competition, who is deserving and worthy of the renown, prestigious and coveted prizes. The prizewinners will be announced during the Closing Ceremony on May 26th, culminating in the award of the most coveted title of all – the Palme d’Or - Jury -Vidya Balan (Indian actress) -Naomi Kawase (Japanese director) -Nicole Kidman (Australian actress/producer) -Lynne Ramsay (British scriptwriter/director/producer) -Daniel Auteuil (French actor/director) -Ang Lee (Taiwanese director/producer/scriptwriter) -Cristian Mungiu (Romanian scriptwriter/director/producer) -Christoph Waltz (Austrian Actor) For more...

Steven Spielberg today was announced as Jury President of the 66th Cannes Film Festival 2013. This years Cannes Film Festival to be held in Cannes France between 15-26th May 2013 - “My admiration for the steadfast mission of the Festival to champion the international language of movies is second to none. The most prestigious of its kind, the festival has always established the motion picture as a cross cultural and generational medium.” Renown American director and producer Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, Color Purple) agrees to head up the jury of the 66th Cannes Film Festival taking place May 15-26 this year. “As they say across the Atlantic”, said Gilles Jacob, President of the Festival de Cannes, “Steven Spielberg is a Cannes ‘regular’ But ET that I screened as a world premiere in 1982 that ties were made of the type you never forget. Ever since, I’ve often asked Steven to be Jury President, but he’s always been shooting a film. So when this year I was told “E....