The 71st Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday, 8th May to Saturday, 19th May 2018.
Ursula Meier, President of the jury of the Caméra d’or
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This year’s Caméra d’or Jury will be headed by a representative of the new generation of filmmakers. Along with six fellow-professionals, the Swiss filmmaker Ursula Meier will select the best first film presented in the Official Selection, the Semaine de la Critique and the Directors’ Fortnight.
Ursula Meier is a filmmaker who questions the very need to film. This undoubtedly explains her compact and exciting filmography, which includes 5 short films, 2 works for television, 2 documentaries and 2 feature films for cinema. Inventive strokes of brilliance, each of them has been upsetting the apple cart with a fresh take and establishing her definitively on the European scene. Since 1994, Ursula Meier has compiled a bold cinematography that emphasises the complexity of the world. […]ᐧ