Ruben Östlund Named 2023 Cannes Film Festival Jury President

Swedish director Ruben Östlund was announced on Tuesday as jury president for the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

“I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honour of Jury President for this year’s Competition at the Festival de Cannes,” Östlund said in a statement.

He added: “As president, I will remind my colleagues in the jury about the social function of the cinema. A good movie relates to the collective experience, stimulates us to think, and makes us want to discuss what we have seen. So let’s watch together!”

In 2014, Östlund won the jury prize for “Force Majeure,” and his next films, 2017’s “The Square” and last year’s “Triangle of Sadness,” competed in the festival’s main competition.

Both films received the Palme, and “The Square” received an Oscar nod for Best International Feature Film. At this year’s Oscars, “Triangle of Sadness” is nominated for Best Picture, and Östlund also received Best Screenplay and Best Director nods for the film.

The appointment makes Östlund the first Swedish jury president at Cannes since Ingrid Bergman in 1976, and the third two-time Palme winner to head the jury, after Francis Ford Coppola and Emir Kusturica.