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Cannes Names Chloe Zhao, Park Chan-wook on Jury

5/5/2026

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Cannes Announces Jury

Cannes Film Festival announced Chinese filmmaker Chloe Zhao will serve on its nine-person jury.
South Korean director Park Chan-Wook will chair jury that will decide Palme d’Or as festival opens next week on French Riviera.
The jury includes American actress Demi Moore, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and Ivorian-American actor Isaach de Bankolé.
Members are Irish-Ethiopian actor Ruth Negga, Belgian director Laura Wandel, Chilean director Diego Cespedes and Irish screenwriter Paul Laverty.

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Cannes Opens

The 79th Cannes Film Festival opens on May 12 with Pierre Salvadori’s French-language drama “The Electric Kiss.”
Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand will receive honorary Palme d’Or awards during the 2026 edition.
The competition features 22 films, including entries from Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Asghar Farhadi and James Gray, and is comparatively light on U.S. productions.
The closing ceremony on May 23 will be broadcast live by France Télévisions and Brut internationally.

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Moore Joins Cannes

Demi Moore joins the nine-member Cannes jury, announced on May 4 2026.
Organizers said her Oscar-nominated performance in “The Substance” drove her selection.
Moore walked the red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15 2026.
She and fellow juror Stellan Skarsgård recently co-starred in Cannes-premiered films that later earned Oscar nominations, linking the festival competition to Academy recognition.

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Cannes Announces Jury

Cannes Film Festival announced Chinese filmmaker Chloe Zhao will serve on its nine-person jury.
South Korean director Park Chan-Wook will chair jury that will decide Palme d’Or as festival opens next week on French Riviera.
The jury includes American actress Demi Moore, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and Ivorian-American actor Isaach de Bankolé.
Members are Irish-Ethiopian actor Ruth Negga, Belgian director Laura Wandel, Chilean director Diego Cespedes and Irish screenwriter Paul Laverty.

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