Considering the amount of love showed on the Coen brothers at past Cannes Film Festivals, it should be no surprise that they would get a chance to chair their own jury. Joel and Ethan Coen were named the presidents of the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival this morning.

This is the first time that two people will be leading the jury. They were invited to take the post by President Pierre Lescure and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux.

“We look forward to returning to Cannes this year,” the brothers said in a joint statement. “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 we have never heretofore been president of anything. We will issue further proclamations at the appropriate time.”

It looks like cinematic brothers will be a theme at this year’s festival as part of the 120th anniversary of the Lumiere brothers’ cinematograph. The Coens are one of only three brother pairs to win the prestigious Palme D’Or award, taking it in 1991. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani won it in 1976. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who just directed Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night, won in 1998 and 2005.

The Coen brothers won the Palme D’Or in 1991 for Barton Fink. They also won the Cannes Best Director award in 1996 for Fargo and in 2001 for The Man Who Wasn’t There. In 2013, they won the Grand Prix for Inside Llewyn Davis. They also won the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars for 2007’s No Country For Old Men.

They are currently working on Hail Caesar! with George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Josh Brolin and Channing Tatum. That hits theaters in February 2016.

The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival runs from May 13 to May 24.

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