Lubna Azabal will chair the short film and La Cinef jury at the Cannes 2024 Film Festival, which runs from May 14 to 25. TheBelgian actress, who plays the lead role in Jawad Rhalib's film Amal, un esprit libre, currently in cinemas, will be joined by French director Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Italian programmer Paolo Moretti, French producer and director Claudine Nougaret and Serbian director Vladimir Perišić.
Together, they will have the tough task of awarding the Palme d'Or for short films and the 3 prizes for La Cinef, the Cannes Festival selection for school films, from among the 11 films in the short film competition and the 18 films in the Cinef selection.
"You who walk, there is no path, the path is made by walking" Antonio Machado. The Cannes Film Festival is one of those paths we dream of crossing. The focus on young filmmakers presenting their short films, and the paths they have taken to get there, honors me. I'm looking forward to discovering its riches. It's a journey that I want to be demanding and benevolent, short after short, step after step. To be selected in this mythical place is a message of love and worldwide recognition, and to preside over it is a source of pride," declared Lubna Azabal.
