‘Triangle of Sadness’ director Ruben Ostlund to head jury of 76th Cannes Film Festival

Swedish filmmaker and two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund has been appointed as the jury president for the 76th edition of Cannes Film Festival that is all set to take place in May. Ostlund will head the jury exactly 50 years after fellow citizen, actor Ingrid Bergman, served in the role.

The festival’s website shared a statement of the filmmaker that read, ‘I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honour of jury president for this year’s Competition at the Festival de Cannes. Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when the curtain rises on the films in Competition at the festival.

‘It is a privilege to be part of it, together with the Cannes audience of connoisseurs. I am sincere when I say that cinema culture is in its most important period ever. The cinema has a unique aspect – there, we watch together, and it demands more on what is shown and increases the intensity of the experience. It makes us reflect in a different way than when we dopamine scroll in front of individual screens,’ he added.

Ostlund has had world premieres of five of his six features at the movie gala. He won the Palme d’Or for ‘The Square’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’, in 2017 and 2022 respectively.
‘Triangle of Sadness’ is nominated in the Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Best Director categories in this year’s Academy Awards.

The festival’s Official Selection will be announced in April.

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