'Squid Game' editor heads to Cannes, France.
On the 20th, global content group WestWorld said Deputy Minister Nam Na-young, who leads the company's editing headquarters and whose representative works include "Squid Game Season," was invited as a juror to the AI film festival "WAIFF Cannes 2026," to be held in Cannes, France, on the 21st.
"WAIFF" is the world's largest AI film festival founded in Nice, France, and is regarded as an international event leading the convergence of AI technology and film. For this "WAIFF Cannes 2026," internationally renowned actor Gong Li served as honorary chair, and Deputy Minister Nam Na-young is expected to brighten the event by participating as a juror.
This invitation is meaningful in that it is a consecutive invitation following "WAIFF Seoul 2026" in March. At that time, Son Seung-hyun served as jury chair and Deputy Minister Nam Na-young participated as a juror. Deputy Minister Nam Na-young has once again proven WestWorld's AI-based video content and post-production competitiveness by appearing in major events in Seoul and Cannes in succession.
Deputy Minister Nam Na-young is a film editor who represents Korean films and series. She edited various hits such as "Masquerade," "Extreme Job," "My Wife Got Married," "Sunny," "The Fortress," and "My Daughter is a Zombie." Recently, she served as editor for all seasons of the global hit "Squid Game Season," becoming the first non-English work to be nominated for an Emmy, earning both popularity and artistic recognition. She also reaffirmed her standing in the film industry by winning the editing award at the 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards last year for the film "High Five."
WestWorld has steadily strengthened its editing capabilities, which complete the rhythm and emotional line of films and series, centered on the company's editing headquarters "Mori." Led by Deputy Minister Nam Na-young, the editors active in "Mori" serve as a core pillar of WestWorld's post-production capabilities, raising the level of completion through precise editing tailored to a work's genre and narrative.
WestWorld CEO Son Seung-hyun said the Cannes invitation is a meaningful achievement that draws attention again on the global stage and that it is an opportunity for WestWorld's post-production capabilities and creative competitiveness to be recognized together, and said the company will continue to strengthen its production competitiveness that combines technology and creativity as a global content group spanning films, series and AI-based video content.
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