Los Angeles, Jan 20 (IANS): Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen have been announced as the co-presidents of the 68th Cannes Film Festival jury.
The official line-up and jury of the 2015 festival will be announced in April, reports variety.com.
“We look forward to returning to Cannes this year. We welcome as always the opportunity to watch movies there from all over the world,” the Oscar-winning directors said in a statement.
“Cannes is a festival that has been important to us since the very beginning of our career. Presiding over the Jury is a special honour, since we have never heretofore been president of anything. We will issue further proclamations at the appropriate time,” they added.
The Coen brothers have a long history with Cannes, having won the Palme d’ Or in 1991 for “Barton Fink” and the festival’s Grand Prix in 2013 for “Inside Llewyn Davis”. They’ve also won Best Director twice in 1996 for “Fargo” and in 2001 for “The Man Who Wasn’t There” respectively.
They are currently filming “Hail Caesar!,” starring George Clooney, Christophe Lambert, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Josh Brolin and Channing Tatum.
The 2015 Cannes Film Festival will take place May 13-24.