Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, a Cannes Palme d’Or winner for 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007) will chair this year’s jury for Cannes Critics’ Week. Mungiu’s career has …
Mungiu will head up the jury that will award the prizes for the 60th Cannes Critics’ Week section, including the Nespresso Grand Prize for best feature film, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for best actor or actress, and the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for best short film.
Joining him on the Critics’ Week jury are producer Didar Domehri , actress and writer Camélia Jordana , producer Michel Merkt (
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