Celebrated Italian film composer Ennio Morricone will act as president of the jury at the event.

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Dressed in his signature white shirt teamed with black velvet jacket and charcoal gray pants, he appeared on stage as if he was the President of the jury.

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Spielberg, who has made 27 films during his 40-year career, takes over from Italian director Nanni Moretti, who was president of the jury for the main competition last year.

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Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg has been announced as President of the Competition Jury which will award the coveted Palme d'Or prize.

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Isabella Camera of Afflitto, President of the international Jury.

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The referral was accompanied by some 19 boxes of documents, grand jury transcripts and a videotape of the president's grand jury testimony.

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Campion will be at the festival as president of the Cinefondation and short film jury.

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He is the President of the Evens Foundation, Antwerp, Jury on Intercultural Education Awards.

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Indeed, every member of the grand jury had probably seen this denial by the president on their own television sets.

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Mr. Libby, who was Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff is charged with lying to investigators and a grand jury about leaking the name of CIA agent Valeria Plame.

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