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We have what should now be the full line-up for the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, featuring many of our most-anticipated films of the year. Coming next in line is the announcement of the competition jury, which director George Miller will be presiding over, returning to Cannes after delivering one of the best films of the festival last year, Mad Max: Fury Road.

Made up of four women and five men, they include Arnaud Desplechin (returning after last year’s My Golden Days), Kristen Dunst, Italian actress Valeria Golino, Mad Mikkelsen (Cannes Best Actor winner for The Hunt), Grand Prix-winning Son of Saul director László Nemes, actress/singer Vanessa Paradis, Iranian producer Katayoon Shahabi, as well as actor Donald Sutherland. Check out their biographies below as we look forward to seeing what they award the Palme d’Or, and beyond.

Palme d’Or: “I, Daniel Blake” Ken Loach
Grand Prize: “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan
Jury Prize: “American Honey,” Andrea Arnold
Best Director: (tie) Cristian Mungiu, “Graduation” (“Bacalaureat”); Olivier Assayas, “Personal Shopper”
Best Actress: Jaclyn Jose, “Ma’ Rosa”
Best Actor: Shahab Hosseini, “The Salesman”
Best Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, “The Salesman”
Camera d’Or (best first feature): “Divines,” Houda Benyamina
Best Short Film: “Timecode,” Juanjo Gimenez
Short Film Special Mention: “The Girl Who Danced With the Devil,” Joao Paulo Miranda Maria
Honorary Palme d’Or: Jean-Pierre Leaud

"We made beautiful choices and we're sure evryone will be happy." Mads Mikkelsen, 2016 Cannes Film Festival