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Nandita at Cannes!
Take a look at the distinguished panel that wwww.washingtonpost.com said looked like the guest list for a dinner party!
(Clockwise from left) Salma Hayek, the Hollywood beauty who was nominated for an Oscar for Julie Taymor's Frida (2002).
Nandita Das, who has acted in films like Deepa Mehta's Fire, Rakesh Mehra's Aks and Jug Mundhra's Bavandar.
Javier Bardem, who starred in Alejandro Amenabar's Spanish film The Sea Inside, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Toni Morrison, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, for her work which showcases what the Nobel Foundation calls 'an essential aspect of American reality' -- exploring black women in a racist culture.
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Emir Kusturica, Palme d'Or winner for the multilingual film Zivot Je Cudo (Life Is A Miracle), in 2004. He is the jury president at Cannes this year. He said at the press conference, "We are not, for sure, going to have pathetic decisions."
Agnes Varda, a French filmmaker who first started as the official photographer of the Theatre National Populaire (France's national theatre). She first used the narrative structure later used by the French New Wave directors, and is well known for her film, One Sings, The Other Doesn't.
John Woo. The name says it all, doesn't it? Hollywood's master action filmmaker, Woo has directed such thrillers as Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Windtalkers, and Mission: Impossible II.
Benoit Jacquot. This French director is behind daring works like La Fille Seule (A Single Girl).
Fatih Akin. A German actor-director of Turkish descent, whose 2004 film, Gegen Die Wand (Head-On), made headlines when it became public that its actress had starred in pornographic films.
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