Locarno Juries: Director Carlos Reygadas & ‘Nickel Boys’ Producer Joslyn Barnes Join Rithy Panh In Main Competition Jury

Locarno Juries: Director Carlos Reygadas & ‘Nickel Boys’ Producer Joslyn Barnes Join Rithy Panh In Main Competition Jury

Mexican director and producer Carlos Reygadas, U.S. producer Josyln Barnes and actresses Ursina Lardi and Renée Soutendijk have been announced for the main jury of the 78th Locarno Film Festival in August. They join award-winning documentarian Rithy Panh who was previously announced in May as the jury president. Reygadas, who won best director in Cannes for Post Tenebras Lux in 2012, has connections with Locarno as producer of Eami, which wa…

Locarno Jury: ‘Nickel Boys’ Producer Joslyn Barnes, ‘Our Time’ Filmmaker Carlos Reygadas and More to Join President Rithy Panh

New York-based indie producer Joslyn Barnes (“Nickel Boys”), Mexican multi-hyphenate Carlos Reygadas (“Our Time”) and Swiss stage-and-screen actor Ursina Lardi (“The White Ribbon”) have been set as members of the upcoming Locarno Film Festival’s main jury. As previously announced, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh will preside over the Swiss indie festival’s competition panel. The jury also […]