All We Imagine As Light director Payal Kapadia will be the president of the jury for the 65th Cannes Critics Week, which runs parallel to the main festival and nurtures emerging voices in cinema. Kapadia shone at the Cannes 2024 by becoming the first Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix award and being a part of the festival jury in 2025. In the upcoming season of the festival, Payal will lead a panel of international jury members, including Quebecois actor Theodore Pellerin, singer-songwriter Oklou, Ghanaian-British producer Ama Ampadu, and journalist and director of the Bangkok World Film Festival Donsaron Kovitvanitcha.

Payal Kapadia on being selected jury president

The festival sidebar, known as 'Semaine de la critique', is organised by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. The 65th edition will run from May 13 to 21.