Admirado y aplaudido por trabajos rotundos como HAZ LO CORRECTO (Do the Right Thing, 1989), MALCOLM X (1992) y la reciente EL INFILTRADO DEL KKKLAN (BlacKKKlansman, 2018), el cineasta estadounidense SPIKE LEE ha sido nombra Presidente del Jurado para la 73a. edición del FESTIVAL DE CANNES, a celebrarse en mayo de este año.
«Mis más grandes bendiciones han llegado sin previo aviso, inesperadamente. Cuando recibí la llamada en la que me ofrecían ser Presidente del Jurado de Cannes en 2020 me sentí impactado, feliz, sorprendido y orgulloso al mismo tiempo», comentó el director de 62 años respecto a su nombramiento, al tiempo que reconoció al certamen fílmico francés como el más importante del mundo y como una influencia incontestable en su carrera.
El resto de los miembros del jurado serán anunciados en abril. Spike Lee toma la batuta de manos del mexicano Alejandro G. Iñárritu, quien fue Presidente el año pasado, cuando PARASITE de Bong Joon-ho ganó la Palma de Oro.
El 73 Festival de Cannes inicia el 12 de mayo de 2020.
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| SPIKE LEE’S STATEMENT «In this life I have lived, my biggest blessings have been when they arrived unexpected, when they happened out of nowhere. When I got the call that I was offered the opportunity to be President of Cannes Jury for 2020, I was shocked, happy, surprised and proud all at the same time.To me the Cannes Film Festival (besides being the most important film festival in the world – no disrespect to anybody) has had a great impact on my film career. You could easily say Cannes changed the trajectory of who I became in world cinema.It started way back in 1986 – my first feature film She’s Gotta Have It, which won the Prix de la Jeunesse in the Director’s Fortnight. The next joint was in 1989 – Do The Right Thing, an Official Selection in Competition. And I don’t have the time nor space to write about the cinematic explosion that jumped off, still relative to this, 30 years later.Then, Jungle Fever, 1991 – Official Selection in Competition, Girl 6, 1996 – Official Selection Out of Competition, Summer Of Sam, 1999 – Director’s Fortnight, Ten Minutes Older, 2002 – Official Selection in Un Certain Regard and then BlacKkKlansman, 2018 – Official Selection in Competition where it won the Grand Prix, which became the launching pad for the world theatrical release which led to my Academy Award for screenplay. So if you were keeping score that’s 7 Spike Joints to be chosen. In closing I’m honored to be the first person of the African diaspora (USA) to be named President of the Cannes Jury and of a main film festival The Lee family sincerely thanks the Festival de Cannes, Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux and the great people of France who have supported my film career throughout four decades. I will always treasure this special relationship. Peace and Love, SPIKE LEE Da People’s Republic Of Brooklyn, New York. |