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Lambert Wilson Named President Of Locarno Jury — Global Briefs – Deadline

Lambert Wilson Named President Of Locarno Jury — Global Briefs – Deadline

Lambert Wilson Named President Of Locarno Jury

The Matrix franchise actor Lambert Wilson will be the President of the Jury at the 76th Locarno Film Festival this year. The French star will chair the panel, which will award the Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard) to the winning film on the final night of the Switzerland fest. Wilson has worked with many top European directors, such as Claude Chabrol, Andrzej Żuławski and André Téchiné, and is best known in the U.S. for his role as the Merovingian in The Matrix ReloadedThe Matrix Revolutions and The Matrix Resurrections. His acting credits include Julia, La Boum 2 and Five Days One Summer. Recently he appeared in Prime Video series Totem and starred in Éric Besnard’s Les Choses Simples. The Locarno Film Festival will run from August 2-12.

Cineflix Launches First FAST Channels

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Israeli Actress Roni Nadler Launches London Production Company

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