2015 Cannes Film Festival 2015 Cannes Film Festival The 68th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel. French actor Lambert Wilson was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. The Palme d'Or was awarded to the French film "Dheepan" directed by Jacques Audiard. On winning the award Audiard said "To receive a
Joel Pett Pett was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1989 and 1998 before winning in 2000. Pett is also the winner of the 1999 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for cartooning, and a 1995 winner of the Global Media Award for cartoons on population issues. Joel Pett Joel W. Pett (born September 1, 1953) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the "Lexington Herald-Leader". His cartoons are syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. Pett was born in Bloomington, Indiana. He moved to Ibadan, Nigeria with his family in 1959 before returning to America in 1964. After college