Venezuelan actor and producer Edgar Ramírez was announced today as one of the five members of the jury for this year’s Un Certain Regard competition at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Led by Italian actress Valeria Golino as president of the jury, Ramírez will be accompanied by American director Debra Granik; Polish actress Joanna Kulig; French singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Benjamin Biolay.
The Un Certain Regard section of the French film festival is dedicated to celebrating young, auteur and revelation films. This year’s competition features 20 films including the Costa Rican film Domingo and the Mist / Domingo y la niebla by Ariel Escalante Meza , as the only Latin American entry.
Edgar Ramírez's film credits include The Bourne Ultimatum by Paul Greengrass, Che by Steven Soderbergh, Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow, Cartel by Ridley Scott, Carlos by Olivier Assayas presented out of competition at the Festival de Cannes 2010, Hands of Stone by Jonathan Jakubowicz also presented out of competition in 2016, during a tribute to Robert De Niro.
Ramírez was recently seen starring in Disney’s Jungle Cruise and Universal’s The 355. In 2020, he starred in HBO’s The Undoing which was their most-watched show of the year. In 2022, he is upcoming in Netflix’s Florida Man, a drama series for which he plays the titular role as well as Lionsgate’s Borderlands. Ramírez is a two-time Golden Globe nominee for his performances as Carlos the Jackal in Carlos by Olivier Assayas and as Gianni Versace in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.
The 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will take place May 17—28.
