Monia Chokri to Preside Over Cannes Caméra d’Or Jury

Home Film Global May 8, 2026 8:50am PT Monia Chokri to Preside Over Cannes Caméra d’Or Jury By Nick Vivarelli Plus Icon Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent @NickVivarelli Latest Pawel Pawlikowski, Lukas Dhont, Rodrigo Sorogoyen Among 4,700 Signatories of Open Letter Sounding Alarm Ahead of Cannes Over Planned EU Film Funding Overhaul 5 hours ago Producers Talk Prime Video Tuscany-Set Rom Com ‘No Place to Be Single’ Featuring Italian Talents ‘That We Are Going to Export Around the ‘World’ (EXCLUSIVE) 1 day ago ‘The Last One for the Road’ Sweeps Italy’s David di Donatello Awards, Winning Eight Statuettes 2 days ago See All Courtesy Cannes Film Festival Québécois actress, director, and screenwriter Monia Chokri will preside over the jury for the Cannes Film Festival‘s Caméra d’Or prize. The award is given to a first work across the official selection as well as in the Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight sections. Chokri, who broke out as an actress in Canadian auteur Denys Arcand’s “The Age of Darkness” and Xavier Dolan’s “Heartbeats,” made her directorial debut in in 2019 with “A Brother’s Love,” which won Un Certain Regard’s Jury Cup de Coeur prize. That film was followed by “Babysitter” and “The Nature of Love” that was presented in Un Certain Regard in 2023 and won France’s César Award for best foreign film the following year. Related Stories Martin Scorsese's Pope Francis Film to Launch With Private Vatican Screening One Year After His Death; First-Look Images Revealed