Nicole Garcia, Jury President For Caméra D’or Award

Actress, director and screenwriter Nicole Garcia is to preside over the Jury for this year's Caméra d'Or award for the best debut film at Cannes. In this opportunity to champion an up-and-coming director she joins the ranks of previous Jury Presidents Bong Joon-Ho, Gael García Bernal, Carlos Diegues and Agnès Varda, who have all in the past contributed their experience and passion for cinema to the deliberations.

 

 "Presiding over the Caméra d'Or is an honour, a joy and a mission," announced Nicole Garcia. "I hope to be worthy of the honour, bask in the joy and do my best to deliver on the mission."

Since 1978, the Caméra d'Or has awarded the best debut film presented in the Official Selection Competition, Out of Competition, or Un Certain Regard), Critics' Week or Directors' Fortnight. 

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