CANNES, France (AP) 鈥 Juliette Binoche will preside over the jury for the the 78th Cannes Film Festival, festival organizers announced Tuesday.
Binoche will succeed last year's making this the second time Cannes has had back-to-back female jury heads.
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The Cannes Film Festival, running May 13-24, will unveil its lineup in mid-April. Last year, Gerwig's jury for the festival's top honor, the Palme d'Or.
The last time two women served as successive jury president in Cannes, 1966 jury head Sophia Loren followed Olivia de Havilland.