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The Jury of the 79th Festival de Cannes was announced by the organization today.
Leading the 9-person committee is South Korean director, screenwriter and producer Park Chan-wook, who is chair and president of the jury. 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. The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 23 at the Closing Ceremony, broadcast live by France Télévisions in France.
Director, screenwriter & producer, South Korea
Visceral, subversive, baroque – Park Chan-wook’s cinema is defined by boldness in every sense: in its storytelling, its style, and its moral stance. Yet he never strays from a symbolic social message or from his audience, whom he immerses in dark and unsettling worlds for journeys that are by turns terrifying, exhilarating, erotic… or all at once.
DEMI MOORE
Actress & producer, United States
Academy Award–nominated actress, producer, and New York Times best-selling author, Demi Moore recently starred in The Substance (Best Screenplay Award, Festival de Cannes 2024), directed by Coralie Fargeat. Her performance earned her Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics Choice wins, along with BAFTA and Academy Award nominations. She most recently returned for season two of Paramount+’s hit series Landman, which has been renewed for a third season.
RUTH NEGGA
Actress & producer, Ireland / Ethiopia
Ruth Negga received an Academy Award nomination for her masterful performance in Jeff Nichols’ Loving (Competition, 2016 Festival de Cannes) earning her several nominations. Born in Ethiopia then raised in Ireland and England, she notably established herself in theatre: first receiving a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Duck, originating the titular role in a production of Hamlet in Dublin and New York, and later garnering a Tony nomination for Macbeth.
Actress & producer, Ireland / Ethiopia
Ruth Negga received an Academy Award nomination for her masterful performance in Jeff Nichols’ Loving (Competition, 2016 Festival de Cannes) earning her several nominations. Born in Ethiopia then raised in Ireland and England, she notably established herself in theatre: first receiving a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Duck, originating the titular role in a production of Hamlet in Dublin and New York, and later garnering a Tony nomination for Macbeth.
LAURA WANDEL
Director & screenwriter, Belgium
Belgian screenwriter and director Laura Wandel trained at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD). She made her debut in 2010 by co-directing the short film O Negative with Gaëtan D’Agostino, before directing Foreign Bodies on her own, selected in Competition in the Festival de Cannes’ short films category in 2014. She returned to Cannes in 2021 with her first feature film, Playground, which was part of the Un Certain Regard section and won the FIPRESCI Award.
CHLOÉ ZHAO
Director, screenwriter, editor & producer, China
Chloé Zhao is a Beijing-born writer, director, editor, and producer who has made her mark on the history of world cinema. She directed her debut film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), which garnered attention at festivals such as Sundance and Cannes, and followed that up two years later, with The Rider, which achieved widespread acclaim. She then directed the Searchlight film Nomadland in 2021 – winning two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director – and the feature film Eternals for Marvel Studios.
Director, screenwriter, editor & producer, China
Chloé Zhao is a Beijing-born writer, director, editor, and producer who has made her mark on the history of world cinema. She directed her debut film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), which garnered attention at festivals such as Sundance and Cannes, and followed that up two years later, with The Rider, which achieved widespread acclaim. She then directed the Searchlight film Nomadland in 2021 – winning two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director – and the feature film Eternals for Marvel Studios.
DIEGO CÉSPEDES
Director & screenwriter, Chile
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2025 Festival de Cannes for his debut feature, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, developed at La Cinef, Diego Céspedes is one of the most distinctive emerging voices in Latin American cinema, crafting intimate and politically resonant stories around desire, identity and chosen families. The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018) won the Cinéfondation First Prize at Cannes, while The Melting Creatures (2022) premiered at the Semaine de la Critique.
Director & screenwriter, Chile
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2025 Festival de Cannes for his debut feature, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, developed at La Cinef, Diego Céspedes is one of the most distinctive emerging voices in Latin American cinema, crafting intimate and politically resonant stories around desire, identity and chosen families. The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018) won the Cinéfondation First Prize at Cannes, while The Melting Creatures (2022) premiered at the Semaine de la Critique.
ISAACH DE BANKOLÉ
Actor, Ivory Coast / United States
An international actor soon to be seen in the highly anticipated Dune: Part Three by Denis Villeneuve, Isaach De Bankolé began his career in France, notably in film – with Black Mic-Mac (1987), which earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor, and through a longstanding collaboration with Claire Denis (Chocolat, Competition, Festival de Cannes 1988), No Fear, No Die (1992), White Material (2010) and recently The Fence, the adaptation of the play Black Battle with Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltès – as well as in theater, where he worked with Patrice Chéreau.
Actor, Ivory Coast / United States
An international actor soon to be seen in the highly anticipated Dune: Part Three by Denis Villeneuve, Isaach De Bankolé began his career in France, notably in film – with Black Mic-Mac (1987), which earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor, and through a longstanding collaboration with Claire Denis (Chocolat, Competition, Festival de Cannes 1988), No Fear, No Die (1992), White Material (2010) and recently The Fence, the adaptation of the play Black Battle with Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltès – as well as in theater, where he worked with Patrice Chéreau.
PAUL LAVERTY
Screenwriter, Scotland
Paul Laverty has worked with Ken Loach and producer Rebecca O’Brien for 30 years and wrote the two Palme d'or, The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016). He also won best screenplay awards at the following festivals: Festival de Cannes for Sweet Sixteen (2002), Venice International Film Festival for It's a Free World! (2007), San Sebastián Film Festival for Yuli (2018). He has written 14 films for the director, 11 selected for the Official Competition of the Festival de Cannes, including My Name is Joe, Looking for Eric, The Angels'Share, and The Old Oak.
Screenwriter, Scotland
Paul Laverty has worked with Ken Loach and producer Rebecca O’Brien for 30 years and wrote the two Palme d'or, The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016). He also won best screenplay awards at the following festivals: Festival de Cannes for Sweet Sixteen (2002), Venice International Film Festival for It's a Free World! (2007), San Sebastián Film Festival for Yuli (2018). He has written 14 films for the director, 11 selected for the Official Competition of the Festival de Cannes, including My Name is Joe, Looking for Eric, The Angels'Share, and The Old Oak.
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD
Actor, Sweden
Stellan Skarsgård is a highly esteemed, Golden Globe-winning, BAFTA and Academy Award nominated Swedish actor. Known for his versatility, Skarsgård shifts between his work in television, indie dramas, historical epics, and fantasy blockbusters. Most recently, Skarsgård can be seen in the Academy Award-winning film, Sentimental Value directed by Joachim Trier (Grand Prix, 2025 Festival de Cannes), for which Skarsgård was also nominated.
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Lead Image:
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.
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