THE
JURY
Women are headlining
WAiFF 2026,
in Cannes!
Two legendary artists, Chinese actress Gong Li and French actress-director-screenwriter Agnès Jaoui, are leading this must-see international film event featuring A.I. They will be joined by an exceptional jury, which will be announced very soon.
GONG LI
WAiFF President 2026 edition
- Winner of the Volpi Cup in Venice
- Appointed as president or jury member at major festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Shanghai
- Honored as Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France
AGNÈS JAOUI
WAiFFJury President 2026
Honorary César (2024)
César for Best Film (2001)
César for Best Supporting Actress (1998)
The Jury
WAIFF
2025
WaiFF thanks its Official 2025 Jury
Claude Lelouch
Honorary President
Claude Lelouch has been lighting up world cinema for over 60 years. a visionary director of “un homme et une femme” and 50 other films, he constantly pushes the boundaries, combining innovation and emotion. he chairs the world ai film festival to champion human creativity.
THOMAS BIDEGAIN
PRESIDENT OF THE JURY
A renowned screenwriter, Thomas Bidegain has co-written several award-winning films, including un Prophète (2009), Dheepan (2015) et Emilia Perez (2024) by Jacques Audiard, which won the 2015 palme d’or. director, he signed Les cowboys(2015), praised for its originality and narrative audacity
JULIE GAYET
ACTRESS / PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
ALEXIA LAROCHE-JOUBERT
CEO FRANCE BANIJAY
Alexia Laroche-joubert is a producer and a key figure in french audiovisual. known for launching Loft story, she has directed iconic shows such as star academy and koh-lanta. creative and daring, she embodies the renewal of entertainment.
JEAN-DAVID BLANC
FOUNDER OF ALLOCINE / PRESIDENT OF MOLOTOV
Jean-David Blanc is an entrepreneur and cinema enthusiast. founder of allociné and molotov, he has revolutionized access to audiovisual content, combining technological innovation and creativity to bring the public closer to cinema.
MARIANNE CARPENTIER
TF1 - DIRECTOR OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT
Marianne Carpentier is director of emerging technologies development at tf1 group, where she leads the integration of artificial intelligence (ai) into the processes of creation, production and distribution of audiovisual content.
ASTOU SEDY DIOUF
DIRECTOR / SCREENWRITER
Astou Sedy Diouf is a senegalese director and screenwriter. she moved from advertising to fiction by joining the prestigious kourtrajmé school. a leading author on the canal+ series le futur est à nous (2022), she also develops short films and collaborates on series between dakar and abidjan.
SIMON BOUISSON
DIRECTOR / SCREENWRITER
Simon Bouisson is a director and screenwriter who graduated from la fémis. he is known for his interactive fictions (wei or die 2015) and his successful series 3615 monique(2016), stalk(2020), awarded at la rochelle. passionate about ai, simon bouisson directed his first feature film, drone, released in theaters in 2024.
ÉRIC LIBIOT
EDITOR IN CHIEF / ÉCRAN TOTAL
Éric Libiot, editor-in-chief of écran total is also a columnist on France Inter. author of several books, including clint et moi and on a les héros qu’on mérite. he is also a member of the selection committee of the cannes film festival.
ANNA APTER
DIRECTOR / SCREENWRITER
