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Miguel Gomes named Cannes Critics’ Week jury president 25 March, 2013 | By Ian Sandwell
Portuguese f ilmmaker [pictured] to award Nespresso Grand Prize f or La Semaine de la Critique at the upcoming 52nd Cannes. Miguel Gomes has been conf irmed as the president of this year’s Cannes’ Critics’ Week. Alongside f our international journalists, the Portuguese f ilmmaker will award the Nespresso Grand Prize f or La Semaine de la Critique. Gomes commented: “I am very proud to be able to support a f ilm by rewarding it. Even though I have just completed a short and am preparing a f eature f ilm, this is an experience I couldn’t resist taking part in.” He continued: “As a director, president of a jury of international f ilm critics, I aim to be very democratic and open. Within all these f ilms, a deal is made with the viewer: the latter should be able to project their own world and sensitivity onto them. I will try and f ind this in those f irst f eatures.” Gomes’ third f ilm Tabu won two prizes at the 2012 Berlinale: the International Critics Prize, FIPRESCI, and the Alf red-Bauer Prize.