He had promised to come on the Croisette at the festival's resumption; I am very pleased that American director Spike Lee chairs the jury at the 74th Cannes Festival.
American film producer Spike Lee took over the presidency of the Cannes Film Festival 2021. The director was originally to assume the presidency in 2020, but the physical version was cancelled due to the pandemic. The 74th edition will be held from 6 July (Tuesday) to 17 July (Saturday)
Spike Lee remains a committed artist who gives a global echo to the fighting he leads. He and Cannes have had great stories since 1986 and the presentation of his very first feature film Nora Darling is just at his head. « Spike Lee clearly translates the questions of his time into a resolutely contemporary form that never neglects lightness and entertainment. », explains a press release released this Tuesday.
The filmmaker won the Grand Prix in 2018 for BlacKkKlansman: I infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. His last film, Da 5 Bloods, was released in June 2020 on Netflix.
Thierry Frémaux and Pierre Lescure, the festival's president, delivered another message: they continued to organize the event in the first half of July. « Preparations are in full swing and the selection committee has watched many films. In the coming weeks, the festival will have the opportunity to present in detail the outline of the 74th edition.
The official selection and composition of the jury will be announced in early June. » Of course, people expect special sanitary conditions, on the cruise usually crowded around the Palais des Festivals and the red carpet. Other film festivals in recent months have inevitably shown a special look (recently an online presentation in Berlin).
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the organizers have always hoped that the largest Festival in the world (Festival de Cannes) will be the first to be screened in (almost) usual conditions ... and the Cannes Blog will actively follow the events, including the off rating if the conditions are right.
