Cannes Announces Full Jury Led by Park Chan-wook

Organizers of the 79th Cannes Film Festival announced on Monday the full nine-member jury for its main competition, led by South Korean director Park Chan-wook as president. The panel, which includes American actress Demi Moore, Chinese director Chloé Zhao, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård, Irish-Ethiopian actress and producer Ruth Negga, Belgian director and screenwriter Laura Wandel, Chilean director and screenwriter Diego Céspedes, Ivorian-American actor Isaach De Bankolé, and Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, will evaluate 22 films vying for the Palme d'Or. The festival runs from May 12 to 23 on the French Riviera.

Park Chan-wook, whose films have earned multiple Cannes prizes including the best director award for Decision to Leave in 2022 and the Grand Prix for Oldboy in 2004, was named jury president in February. The jurors bring extensive festival experience. Moore returns after starring in 2024's The Substance, which won the best screenplay award and led to her first Oscar nomination. Skarsgård appeared in last year's Grand Prix winner Sentimental Value, earning an Oscar nod for supporting actor, and has Cannes credits dating to Breaking the Waves in 1996. Negga...