Overview
- Festival organizers Iris Knobloch and Thierry Frémaux announced Park’s appointment, praising his inventiveness and visual mastery in a joint statement.
- Park’s Cannes track record includes Oldboy winning the Grand Prix (2004), Thirst the Jury Prize (2009), and Decision to Leave the Best Director award (2022).
- Park succeeds Juliette Binoche, whose 2025 jury awarded the Palme d’Or to Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident.
- Park noted the communal power of cinema in a statement that framed moviegoing and jury debate as expressions of solidarity in a divided era.
- The rest of the main competition jury will be named closer to the festival, which will culminate with the Palme d’Or ceremony at the Grand Théâtre Lumière on May 23; Park’s recent film No Other Choice premiered at Venice 2025 and was shortlisted but not nominated for the Oscars’ international category.