Pakistan, May 26 -- Jeremy Strong is a new member of the Cannes Film Festival competition jury. To choose a winner, the jury had to watch 21 films in the pool.

He described his feelings about being part of such a group as an honour, saying, "I feel immeasurably inspired by what I've seen here. It's been so invigorating, and this sort of cumulative tally of the work I'll carry with me."

The 46-year-old continued, "This has been a really wonderful experience, a really connected experience with these people - it's like 'Conclave' with champagne. It's really great."

Juliette Binoche headed the jury along with The Succession star, Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sansoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leila Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas were...