They are no strangers to Cannes.

But this year movie-making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen won’t be winning prizes at the film festival. They’ll be helping to decide who gets one after being named co-presidents of the jury.

It is the first time in Cannes history that two people will chair the panel judging films vying for the coveted Palme d’Or – an award the Coens themselves won in 1991 for ‘Barton Fink’.

Rewarded many times, the Oscar-winning American pair were runners-up at Cannes in 2013 winning the Grand Jury Prize for ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ – the tale of a struggling folk singer in early 1960s Greenwich Village,

“We look forward to returning to Cannes this year”, Joel and Ethan Coen were quoted as saying in a statement from festival organisers.

“We welcome as always the opportunity to watch movies there from all over the world.

“Cannes is a festival that has been important to us since the very beginning of our career. Presiding over the Jury is a special honour, since