Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Longtime Cannes President Gilles Jacob to step down in 2015

Cannes Film festival Gilles Jacob sits after a news conference to announce the competing films at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Paris By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacob, who has presided over the fest for 36 years, will be leaving his position as president when his term expires in 2015, Cannes told TheWrap on Wednesday. Jacob revealed his intention to leave the job in an interview with the French newspaper Nice Matin, saying that he promised his wife "several times" that he would retire. His remarks (in French) appeared in a one-paragraph note on the paper's website on Wednesday. "Mr. ...








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