FESTIVAL DE CANNES – Ursula Meier, President of the jury of the Caméra d’or

Ursula Meier, President of the jury of the Caméra d’or

Festival de Cannes
JURY | 27TH MARCH | D-42 BEFORE THE FESTIVAL
Ursula Meier
Ursula Meier © Raphael Zubler
This year’s Caméra d’or Jury will be headed by a representative of the new generation of filmmakers. Along with six fellow-professionals, the Swiss filmmaker Ursula Meier will select the best first film presented in the Official Selection, the Semaine de la Critique and the Directors’ Fortnight.

Ursula Meier is a filmmaker who questions the very need to film. This undoubtedly explains her compact and exciting filmography, which includes 5 short films, 2 works for television, 2 documentaries and 2 feature films for cinema. Inventive strokes of brilliance, each of them has been upsetting the apple cart with a fresh take and establishing her definitively on the European scene. Since 1994, Ursula Meier has compiled a bold cinematography that emphasises the complexity of the world