© Ciro Guerra
La Semaine de la Critique and the Louis Roederer Foundation will celebrate emerging talents in the cinema
14/05/2019
The Louis Roederer Foundation is proud to renew its commitment alongside La Semaine de la Critique by sponsoring the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award. This €5,000 prize will be awarded to an actor or actress from one of the competition’s seven feature films. It aims to highlight the performer’s work in one of their first appearances on the silver screen or in a particularly notable role in their career.
© Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2019
The jury of the 2019 edition of La Semaine de la Critique will be presided by Colombian most talented director, Ciro Guerra, filmaker of 4 feature films, among which 3 presented in Cannes. El abrazo de la serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent) was the first Colombian film ever nominated for the Oscar of Best Foreign Language Film.
Ciro Guerra will be joined by French-British actress Amira Casar, by French producer of Danish origin, Marianne Slot, by Belgian-Congolese film journalist and critic Djia Mambu and by Italian screenwriter and director Jonas Carpignano.
This jury will bestow the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award to the winner whose name will be revealed on May 22nd.