The full competition jury for this year’s Cannes film festival has been announced, with A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay and the actor Kristen Stewart among those joining the previously announced jury president, Cate Blanchett.
Chastain, a jury member at Cannes 2017, described the portrayal of women in the films at that year’s festival as “disturbing”.
The Cannes film festival opens on 8 May, with a lineup that includes new films by Spike Lee, Pawel Pawlikowski and Jean-Luc Godard.
In the festival’s first female-majority jury since 2014, the trio are joined by the French actor Léa Seydoux and the Burundian musician Khadja Nin.