Just a year after winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, filmmaker and All We Imagine As Light director, Payal Kapadia, is all set to return to the festival. This time, she has become part of the prestigious jury as one of the judges. The filmmaker will be joining the jury for the 78th Festival de Cannes, chaired by Juliette Binoche, the festival organisers shared this Monday.

The Jury for Cannes 2025

Payal will be part of the jury along with several other members, including American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist, and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Strong.