PARIS – Just a few months before the star-studded event’s 70th anniversary, Pierre Lescure has been re-elected president of the Cannes Film Festival until 2020.
Lescure, who took over as president from the venerable Gilles Jacob in 2007, was re-elected for a second term by the Board of Directors of the Association Française du Festival International du Film, which brings together public authorities and film industry professionals.
Lescure’s new three-year term will cover the period from 2018 to 2020. Since coming on board, Lescure launched a partnership with Kering and co-organized the Women in Motion initiative, which brings together female filmmakers and hosts panel discussions, as well as hands out two awards.
Lescure, who is well-known in France and abroad as the co-founder of Canal Plus, has also been COO at the Théâtre Marigny. Often described as a visionary, Lescure also co-created Molotov TV, a digital platform touted as the Spotify of television, which launched last year.
At Cannes, Lescure will continue collaborating with the festival’s artistic director and general delegate Thierry Frémaux.
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The lineup of the upcoming edition will be unveiled in mid-April.
