{"id":203939,"date":"2021-03-17T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spike-lee-cannes-president-title-announced-again-film\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T02:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T23:00:30","slug":"spike-lee-cannes-president-title-announced-again-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spike-lee-cannes-president-title-announced-again-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Spike Lee Cannes President Title Announced, Again \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Spike Lee Cannes President Title Announced, Again \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Early last year, Spike Lee<\/strong> was all set to make Cannes history. The\u00a0Da 5 Bloods<\/em> filmmaker was going to be the first\u00a0African-American to serve as jury president for the Cannes Film Festival, at its 73rd annual fest taking place in May 2020. Then the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit. And the prestigious film festival \u2014 after several delays and talks of a virtual version \u2014 was canceled.\u00a0Now, nearly a year later, Cannes is taking another stab at holding its film festival, and has invited Lee to serve as jury president again. Hopefully this time, he\u2019ll be able to (rightfully) preside.<\/p>\n

The Cannes Film Festival announced that Lee will serve as this year\u2019s jury president, praising the director, screenwriter, editor, and producer as \u201can astute chronicler of the questionings of his time, with a resolutely contemporary app<\/a>roach that\u2019s never without a dash of levity and entertainment.\u201d
\n\u201cThroughout the months of uncertainty we\u2019ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us. This support is finally coming to fruition and we could not have hoped for a more powerful personality to chart our troubled times,\u201d said President of the Festival Pierre Lescure in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis enthusiasm and passion for cinema has given us a huge boost of energy to prepare the great Festival that everybody has been awaiting for. The party will be great, we simply can\u2019t wait! \u201cadded Thierry Fr\u00e9maux, General<\/a> Delegate.<\/p>\n

In a video call (seen below)\u00a0with Fremaux,\u00a0Lee said he will always have a \u201cdeep, deep spot for Cannes in (his) heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a special place in (his) heart for Paris, for France,\u201d Lee said. \u201cWay back in 1986, my very first film She\u2019s Gotta Have It<\/em> played there and it was my introduction to the world of cinema\u2026.\u00a0Book my flight now, my wife and I are coming!\u201d<\/p>\n