Film director Park Chan-wook has been appointed as the first Korean president of the Cannes International Film Festival jury.
On the 25th (local time), foreign news agencies including The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse reported that Park Chan-wook has been appointed president of the jury for the 79th Cannes International Film Festival.
Park is the first Korean to be appointed president of the Cannes jury. He is only the second Asian. The first Asian was Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai, who served as jury president on the 2006.
Park Chan-wook formed a relationship with the Cannes Film Festival when he won the grand jury prize at Cannes in 2004 for the film Oldboy. He later won the jury prize in 2009 for the film Thirst and the best director award in 2022 for Decision to Leave.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival, with Park Chan-wook serving as jury president, will be held in the French Riviera resort city of Cannes from May 12 to 23.
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