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Each year, the jury of the 
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
is chaired by an internationally recognized personality of cinema. Being appointed to this position is the recognition of an outstanding career.
Since 1960, there has been only one personality to get this honor twice: Jeanne Moreau in 1975
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. The last non-professional film personality to be president of the jury is the American writer William Styron
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Since 1987, the Official Selection includes a separate jury and its President in the frame of the Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") which chooses its best feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight, or International Critics' Week). Since 1998, another separate jury and its President have been added for the films of the Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section.
Main competition jury presidents
Caméra d'Or jury presidents
The Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week).
Un Certain Regard jury presidents
''Un Certain Regard'' is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. This section presents 20 "original and different" works which seek international recognition.
See also
* List of Berlin International Film Festival jury presidents *List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents
Each year, the jury of the Venice Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognized personality of cinema.
From 1935 to 1939, Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, senator and entrepreneur Giuseppe Volpi, founder of the Festival, held the office ...
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