Feature Film Jury
Luc Besson, France's director who revels in an international general public success with such films as Big Blue, Nikita, The Professional and The Fifth Element (opened the festival's 50th edition), is to head the international feature film competition jury.
According to Gilles Jacob, festival director, "For the year 2000, the festival has decided on a jury president who is most definitely leading us towards the future."
The other jury members include four actresses - Nicole Garcia (France), Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Spain), Kristin Scott Thomas, Barbara Sukowa (Germany); one actor - Jeremy Irons (UK); two writers - Arundhati Roy (India), Patrick Modiano (France); and two directors - Mario Martone (Italy), Jonathan Demme (US).

Short Film Jury
Luc Dardenne, whose Rosetta (also directed by brother Jean-Pierre) won the Palme d'Or last year, is to preside the Short Film and Cinefondation Jury accompanied by jury members Francesca Comencini (director), Claire Denis (director), Abderrahmane Sissako (director) and Mira Sorvino (actress). These two sections feature works by film students and first-time productions. The three Cinefondation winners will be announced on 19 May, while the short film winners will be announced at the closing ceremony on 21 May.

Camera d'Or
Georgian veteran director Otar Iosseliani is to preside the Camera d'Or international jury, which awards the best first film presented in any of the film selections at the festival. Despite clashes with the authorities in Russia, Iosseliani won international recognition at the 1982 Berlin Festival for his film Pastoral, completed in 1976. In the 80's he worked mainly in France and definitively made his home in France in 1990. He was awarded the Grand Jury Special Prize at Venice for Favorites of the Moon (1984). Last year at Cannes, he presented Adieu, Plancher des vaches (Farewell, Terra Firma) out of competition.