Cannes 60th: Sarah Polley on the jury; Cronenberg and Egoyan part of collection

You got to hand it to the French. It's the only place where it seems, Sarah Polley, Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg get any respect, or the respect they deserve (although Egoyan has taken quite a career bruising since Where The Truth Lies). The Cannes red carpet will be a nice break from teaching at U of T for Atom.

Polley will join Maggie Cheung, Toni Collette, Michel Piccoli, Maria de Medeiros, Marco Bellocchio and Abderrahmane Sissako on the jury this year, headed by Stephen Frears (perhaps as a consolation prize for losing to Scorsese).

Cronenberg and Egoyan will participate by making 3 minute shorts in the festival commissioned anniversary piece To Each His Cinema. Participating filmmakers include Olivier Assayas, Jane Campion,Chen Kaige, Ethan and Joel Coen, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Takeshi Kitano, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Walter Salles, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar Wai and Zhang Yimou.

Good company, but probably a very dull film.

Via the CBC: Cannes-anniversary Film