Cannes Jury Announced: Elle Fanning, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kelly Reichardt Join Iñárritu

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu just got jury duty.

The “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director has been named president of this year’s jury at Cannes, and he isn’t alone: Elle Fanning, Maimouna N’Diaye, Kelly Reichardt, Enki Bilal, Alice Rohrwacher, Robin Campillo, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Paweł Pawlikowski are all joining him.“The Cannes’ Jury is invited to see films directed by the greatest filmmakers of our time — which is the case again this year,” said Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux in a statement.

“Every one of the directors being part of the competition also has to know they will be considered by strong artists — which is also the case!”Iñárritu most recently directed “The Revenant,” for which he won his second Academy Award for Best Director in as many years — an extremely rare feat.

He’s also no stranger to Cannes, having premiered “Amores perros,” “Babel” (for which he won

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