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20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023

Actor, producer

Jessica Chastain

President

USA

Over the last decade, Jessica Chastain has established herself as one of Hollywood’s greatest performers, with a string of starring roles for renowned directors including Terrence Malick, Kathryn Bigelow, Christopher Nolan or Ridley Scott. She has won numerous awards for her remarkable interpretations of a multitude of characters in front of the camera, including the Academy and Golden Awards for Best Actress. In 2016, Chastain founded Freckle Films, a New York-based production company for film and television projects. She has produced several projects among which The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), George & Tammy (2022) and lastly, Michel Franco’s Memory (2023), in which she stars alongside Peter Sarsgaard. In her recent return to Broadway, Chastain shone in the revival of Henrik Ibsen’s classic A Doll’s House, which earned her critical and public acclaim.