According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, the members of the jury for the “Main Competition” of the 79th Cannes International Film Festival in France have been introduced, and on Saturday, June 2nd, they will award the prestigious Palme d’Or award to the best film.

The press office of the Cannes International Film Festival announced; 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 closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes International Film Festival will take place on the evening of Saturday, May 23, 2026, at the main hall of the Théâtre Lumière in the coastal city of Cannes, and the winners of the “Main Competition” will be announced by the members of the jury of this section of the festival. The magnificent ceremony will be broadcast live by France Télévisions in France and Brut internationally.

The 79th Cannes International Film Festival, as the world’s most prestigious film event, is chaired by Iris Knobloch, with artistic direction by Thierry Frémaux, and will screen works by directors from different countries around the world in competition and out of competition, including; the main competition, the “Un Certain Regard” competition section, 16 short films in the competition of “La Cinef” (The Cinéfondation), the competition of Short Film, the out of competition of Special Screening, the out of competition of Cannes Screening, the out of competition of Classic Screening as well as the out of competition of Cinema Sahel will be held from May 12 to 23, 2026 in the coastal city of Cannes in the south of France.

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https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-jury-of-the-79th-festival-de-cannes