Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook has been named the jury president of the 2026 Cannes Movie Competition, which runs Might 12-23. He’ll preside over the primary competitors alternatives, with the remainder of the jury of filmmakers and expertise to be introduced quickly.
The Korean filmmaker has competed in Cannes’ fundamental competitors with “Resolution to Go away,” “The Handmaiden,” “Thirst,” and “Oldboy.” “Thirst” gained the Jury Prize in 2009, whereas “Resolution to Go away” gained Finest Director in 2022.
“Park Chan-wook’s inventiveness, visible mastery, and penchant for capturing the a number of impulses of ladies and men with unusual destinies have given up to date cinema some actually memorable moments,” mentioned pageant president Iris Knobloch and director Thierry Frémaux in a joint assertion. “We’re delighted to have fun his immense expertise and, extra broadly, the cinema of a rustic deeply engaged with the questioning of our time.”
On Saturday, Might 23, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Park Chan-wook and his jury will award the 2026 Palme d’Or because the successor to final yr’s, offered by Juliette Binoche to Iran’s Jafar Panahi for “It was Simply an Accident.” The movie is now up for 2 Oscars, together with Finest Worldwide Characteristic and Finest Screenplay.
Park is the primary Korean particular person to function the primary competitors jury president; Korea’s first and solely Palme d’Or winner was Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” from the 2019 pageant.
In 2025, Park partnered with Palme d’Or whisperer Neon (having distributed the final six consecutive Palme winners) for the discharge of “No Different Selection.” That movie premiered in competitors at Venice 2025. The darkish comedy, a couple of paper specialist who’s compelled to execute his rivals as soon as he loses his jobs, was shortlisted for the 2026 Finest Worldwide Characteristic Academy Award however not make the ultimate 5 nominees to signify South Korea.
The 2026 Cannes Movie Competition can be introduced in April.