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Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knobloch Re-Elected for Second Term
Iris Knobloch, who became the first female president of the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, has been re-elected for another three-year mandate.
The German-born, Paris-based executive will continue working alongside Cannes Film Festival ‘s longtime general delegate and artistic director Thierry Fremaux, who remains in charge of the official selection. She later launched a $300-million European special purpose acquisition company with backers including Francois-Henri Pinault, the French billionaire businessman who runs the luxury brand Kering, an official sponsor of Cannes Film Festival since 2015. This year, the festival is playing a bigger-than-ever role in the awards season with several Cannes selections in the Oscar race, notably Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” and Sean Baker’s “Anora.”
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