Chloé Zhao, Stellan Skarsgård, Demi Moore, and More Join This Year’s Cannes Competition Jury
According to the CinemaDrame News Agency, with the 2026 Cannes Film Festival mere days away from rolling out the red carpet next to the azure French sea, it’s time to see who will be tasked with picking the best of the annual festival’s films and performances. On Monday afternoon, the festival announced which eight luminaries will be rounding out the Competition jury. They include: 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.
As was previously announced in February, Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook will serve as the jury president of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 12-23. Park is the first Korean individual to serve as the main competition jury president. Many of the jury members have their own deep roots at the festival; from Moore, who starred in 2024’s “The Substance,” to Céspedes, who won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2025 festival for “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo.”
Park and his jury will have the honor of awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in Competition, following Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” in 2025. The festival will open on May 12 with Pierre Salvadori’s “The Electric Kiss,” and honorary Palme d’Ors will be presented to Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand. The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 23, at the Closing Ceremony.
