26-year-old director to be jury member of Cannes Film Festival 2015

Young filmmaker Xavier Dolan - affectionately known as "the boy genius" - has attracted attention in the recently announced jury for the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Director Xavier Dolan has just been announced as a member of the jury of the 68th edition of the world's most prestigious film festival, along with American actor Jake Gyllenhaal, British actress Sienna Miller, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, Spanish star Rossy de Palma and Malian writer and composer Rokia Traoré. This year's jury presidents are the famous director brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. They will evaluate, judge and select the Palme d'Or, which will be announced at the closing ceremony of the film festival on May 24.

Six years after making his debut film, director Xavier Dolan has become a judge at the world's most prestigious film festival. In this photo, Xavier Dolan walks the red carpet at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Xavier Dolan's participation in Cannes as a jury member is an honor for Canadian cinema and "hot news" for his fans. At 26 years old, Xavier Dolan has only recently entered the film industry but has already become a favorite of filmmakers. Just 6 years ago, his debut film, I Killed My Mother, was released and won three awards at the Cannes Film Festival, screened in 20 countries and territories, earning the director the nickname "wunderkind" from critics.

Last year, Xavier's fifth feature film, Mommy, continued its winning streak at the festival in France. At the end of the screening, the audience stood and applauded for 14 minutes. Although it lost out on the Palme d'Or to Winter Sleep by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Mommy won the overall jury prize - the "Jury Prize" - shared with veteran filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language.

This year's Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 13 to May 24. On the opening night, the film La Tete Haute by French director Emmanuelle Bercot was selected to be screened. Among the 21 films competing for the Palme d'Or, three are from Asia. The first is The Assassin by veteran Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, starring Shu Qi. The other two are Mountains May Depart by Chinese director Jia Zhangke and Our Little Sister by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda.

According to VNE