Oscar-winning British actor Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah) has joined the jury for this years Cannes Critics Week sidebar, headed up by Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (The Beasts).

Completing the five-person jury are Moroccan journalist Jihane Bougrine, French-Canadian cinematographer Jose Deshaies (Passages, The Beast), and Indonesian producer Yulia Evina Bhara (Tiger Stripes, Autobiography).

Together, they will judge the competition titles for the 64th Critics Week, Cannes sidebar section for first and second features. The Critics Week runs May 1422. [Cannes Critics Week] unequivocally demonstrates its commitment to supporting and believing in young filmmakers, Sorogoyen said in a statement, emphasizing the importance of the sections focus on new voices.

Sorogoyen made his feature debut in 2013 with Stockholm, co-written with Isabel Pea, kicking off a productive collaboration that has included May God Save Us (2016), The Candidate (2018), and Mother (2019), as well as The Beasts in 2022. The slow-burn thriller starring Marina Fos and Denis Mnochet, marked Sorogoyens Cannes debut, going on to sweep Spains Goya Awards, winning nine, including best film and best director.

This years Critics Week jury will award the AMI Paris Grand Prize for best feature film, the French Touch Prize of the Jury, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award, and the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for best short film.

The full Critics Week lineup will be revealed on April 14.