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Laurent Lafitte, Master of Ceremonies at Festival de Cannes 2016
This will be the 69th year of the prestigious film festival
Earlier this year in February it was announced that Australian director George Miller would preside over the Cannes Film Festival jury in 2016.
Although we have not yet heard who will be joining him on the jury panel, it has now been announced that actor Laurant Lafitte has accept the invitation of the Festival de Cannes to be the Master of Ceremonies throughout the 69th festival.
Held from 11th to 22nd May this year, the French actor Lafitte, will host the Opening Ceremony on Wednesday 11th May and the prize giving during the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 22nd May.
Having appeared in Love Punch in 2013 alongside Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson, he has just finished filming Elle by Dutch director Paul Verhoeven and is currently working on Albert Dupontel’s latest film Au revoir là-haut. Lafitte will also star with Uma Thurman in the cast of Marjane Satrapi’s next film – an adaptation of novel by Romain Puértolas: "The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir who got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe".
