Filmmaker Payal Kapadia returns to Cannes Film Festival as jury member

Filmmaker Payal Kapadia returned to the Cannes Film Festival this year as a jury member. She made an appearance for a photocall at the opening ceremony of the festival as part of the prestigious gala's jury panel.

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Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia returned to Cannes Film Festival 2025,a year after her historic win as the jury member.

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Kapadia made an appearance for a photocall at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival as part of the prestigious gala's jury panel.

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For the photocall, Kapadia was seen alongside Cannes jury president and French cinema icon Juliette Binoche, American actor-filmmaker Halle Berry, and an Italian actor.

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The other members include Halle Berry, Italian actor Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist, and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Strong.

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Jury members Leila Slimani, left, and Halle Berry, pose with jury president Juliette Binoche at the jury photo call at the 78th International Film Festival, Cannes.

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Honorary Palme d'Or recipient Robert De Niro poses for photographers during a photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes.

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