While we sing ourselves into the 78th edition of the Festival de Cannes to the tune of Amélie Bonnin’s opening film Partir un jour, we also gear up for our yearly ICS Critics & Industry panel, which has become a mainstay of our coverage of the festival, beside our reviews of course. This year we will have 13 people grading each and every film they see, from the Competition down to the small ACID sidebar (and even in one case for the Immersive section). These are our panelists this year:

Diego Batlle – Argentina – Film critic, Otros Cines
Nicholas Bell – United States – Film critic, IONCINEMA.com
Ali Benzekri – Morocco – Film critic, 2M – Morocco
Anaïs Bordages – France – Film critic, Slate
Gregory Coutaut – France – Film critic, Le Polyester
Marc van de Klashorst – The Netherlands – Film critic, International Cinephile Society
Dubravka Lakić – Serbia – Film critic, Politika
Guy Lodge – United Kingdom – Film critic, Variety
Daniela Michel – Mexico – Founder and director, Morelia International Film Festival
Federica Polidoro – Italy – Film critic, Askanews, Artslife
Meredith Taylor – United Kingdom – Film critic, Filmuforia
Nanako Tsukidate – Japan – Film critic, Nobody Magazine
Marcos Uzal – France – Editor-in-chief, Cahiers du cinéma