Italian director and screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher has been chosen to chair the Jury of the Caméra d’or. She follows in the footsteps of last year’s joint chairs Emmanuelle Béart and Baloji.
This award honors a first feature film presented in the Official Selection, at the Critics’ Week or the Directors’ Fortnight. Rohrwacher will also recognize a filmmaker’s debut at the Closing Ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes on Saturday May 24.
In 2024, the Caméra d’or went to Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for Armand which premiered at Un Certain Regard. The 78th Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday May 13 to Saturday May 24, 2025.
Rohrwacher said:
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“First times are always important, and they stay with us for the rest of our lives. Like entering an unfamiliar room, approaching one’s beloved for a first kiss, or landing on a foreign shore. There’s something golden that haloes these moments in our memory. Is that why the most prestigious award for first films is called Caméra d’or?”
Her first feature, Heavenly Body (Corpo Celeste), was presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2011.
Her second feature, The Wonders (Le meravialie), was selected to compete at the 2014 Festival de Cannes and won the Grand Prix. Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice) was presented in Competition in Cannes in 2018, when it tied for the award for Best Screenplay. La Chimera followed in 2023.
Previously she worked in documentary, with titles including Checosamanca (2006); 9×10 Novanta (2014); Futura (2021).
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