Ruben Östlund named jury president of 76th Cannes Film Festival

Appointment comes 50 years after fellow Swede Ingrid Bergman presided over 1973 festival jury.Two-time Palme d’Or-winning Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund has been named president of the jury for the 76th Cannes Film Festival, running May 16-27.The director, known for his darkly comic social satires, will make his Croisette return following his second Palme d’Or win last May for Triangle Of Sadness after previously taking home the coveted prize in 2017 for The Square.Östlund has been a Cannes regular over the years, selected twice for Un Certain Regard, first for Involuntary in 2008 and then in 2014 for Force Majeure, for

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