From left to right : Park Chan-wook © Lee Seung-hee / Demi Moore © Thomas Whiteside / Isaach De Bankolé © Larry Busacca / Laura Wandel © Thomas Laisné / Paul Laverty © Joss Barratt / Stellan Skarsgård © NEON / Ruth Negga © Justin Coit / Diego Céspedes © Tom Chenette / Chloé Zhao © Christian Tierney
- The Jury of the 79th Festival de Cannes
May 4, 2026
Park Chan-wook © Lee Seung-hee / Demi Moore © Thomas Whiteside / Isaach De Bankolé © Larry Busacca / Laura Wandel © Thomas Laisné / Paul Laverty © Joss Barratt / Stellan Skarsgård © NEON / Ruth Negga © Justin Coit / Diego Céspedes © Tom Chenette / Chloé Zhao © Christian Tierney
As previously announced, the Jury of the 79th Festival de Cannes will be chaired by South Korean director, screenwriter and producer Park Chan-wook. He will be joined by American actress and producer Demi Moore, Irish-Ethiopian actress and producer Ruth Negga, Belgian director and screenwriter Laura Wandel, Chinese director and screenwriter Chloé Zhao, Chilean director and screenwriter Diego Céspedes, Ivorian-American actor Isaach De Bankolé, Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård.
The Jury will have the honor of awarding the Palme d’or to one of the 22 films in Competition, after Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, presented by Juliette Binoche’s Jury, in 2025. The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 23 at the Closing Ceremony, broadcast live by France Télévisions in France and by Brut. internationally.