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Leo Barraclough
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Courtesy of Rabanir Das Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia will serve as president of the jury for the 65th edition of Critics’ Week in Cannes.
She will be joined on the jury by Quebecois actor Théodore Pellerin, singer-songwriter Oklou, Ghanaian-British producer Ama Ampadu, and journalist and director of the Bangkok World Film Festival Donsaron Kovitvanitcha.
Kapadia has, over the course of six short and feature-length films, “crafted a body of work where poetry contrasts with her unflinching political take on her country,” Critics’ Week said in a statement.
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