The CST – Commission supérieure technique de l’image et du son (Higher Technical Commission for Image and Sound) – has announced the composition of the juries for its two awards in the official selection of the 2026 Festival de Cannes.
“True to its mission of promoting technical excellence in the service of filmmaking, the CST brings together each year recognised professionals from various film trades — directors of photography, sound engineers, editors, directors, etc. – reflecting the diversity and complementarity of technical and artistic expertise,” CST said.
The juries for the two awards are listed below.
The CST Award for Best Artist-Technician, established in 1951, honours a professional for the exceptional quality of their artistic and technical contribution to a film in the official competition.
- This year, the jury includes Alice Cambournac, costume designer (AFCCA); Bertrand Cocteau, programmer; Yolande Decarsin, head sound engineer; Jean-Marie Dreujou, director of photography (AFC, ASC); Lise Fischer, VFX supervisor; and Laure Gardette, head film editor.
The CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician, established in 2021, honours a young female department head on a French film presented in the Official Selection, “thereby affirming the CST’s commitment to promoting equality and supporting emerging talent”.
- The jury comprises Michel Boujenah, actor and director, and Sylvie Landra, film editor.
“Through these awards, the CST reaffirms its role as a long-standing partner of the Festival de Cannes and continues its commitment: to remind us that a film’s success depends on the close alliance between artistic vision and technical excellence,” CST continued.
“Who will succeed Eponine Momenceau, winner of the CST Award for Best Young Female Technician for her work as director of photography on Alex Lutz’s film Connemara?
“And Ruben Impens SBC, director of photography, and Stéphane Thiébaut, sound mixer, winners of the CST Award for Best Artist-Technician for their collaboration on Julia Ducournau’s film Alpha?
“The winners will be announced during the Festival de Cannes awards ceremony.”
This year, photographer Sarah Moon is supporting the CST Awards and will present prints from her personal collection to the winners.
She succeeds Raymond Depardon, Carole Bellaïche, Sylvie Lancrenon, Dolorès Marat and Claudine Doury from previous editions.
