05/05/2026 - The jury that will award the Palme d’Or includes Demi Moore, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Chloé Zhao, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé, Paul Laverty and Stellan Skarsgård

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) and Chloé Zhao (© Christian Tierney) (© Cannes Film Festival)

Presided over by South Korean director Park Chan-wook (see the news), the jury of the Official Competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival (12-23 May) has unveiled its full line-up and will comprise nine members.

Four women will join the chair: US actress Demi Moore (who made a splash in The Substance), her Irish-Ethiopian counterpart Ruth Negga (Loving, Passing), Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel (Playground, Adam's Sake) and Chinese-born, US-based director Chloé Zhao (The Rider, Nomadland, Hamnet).

Also tasked with deciding between the 22 films vying for the Palme d’Or (see the news) are Chilean filmmaker Diego Céspedes (last year’s Un Certain Regard winner for The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo), Ivorian-US actor Isaach De Bankolé (recently acclaimed in Muganga and The Fence), Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty (longtime partner of Ken Loach) and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård (Oscar-nominated this year for Sentimental Value).

(Translated from French)