Alejandro González Iñárritu, the president of this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury, and the first Latin American to hold the post in the festival’s 72-year history, isn’t keen on the whole idea of sitting in judgment on movies. “I will not call it judgment,” he told the media in the festival’s opening press conference on Tuesday. In one form or another, the question of streaming services has cropped up at every film festival for the last few years, and this was no exception. “But I know that to watch a film [that way] is not the same.”He added: “To watch is not to see a film. “It’s my first time not trying to get out of jury duty.”Chris Knight will be reporting from the Cannes Film Festival until May 25.

Source: National Post May 14, 2019 18:45 UTC