Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, Stellan Skarsgård among Cannes Film Festival jurors

American actor Demi Moore, buoyed by the late‑career resurgence sparked by her Oscar‑nominated role in "The Substance", will join the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins next week.

Just about a week before the 79th Cannes begins May 12, organisers unveiled the nine-member jury that will deliberate on the films in competition at the annual French Riviera festival. As already announced, South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook is president of the jury. 

Along with him, Moore, Zhao and Skarsgard, the jurors are: Irish-Ethiopian actor Ruth Negga, Belgian director and screenwriter Laura Wandel, Chilean director and screenwriter Diego Céspedes, Ivorian American actor Isaach De Bankolé and Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty. 

Moore and Skarsgård have both in recent years co-starred in films at Cannes that ultimately earned them Oscar nominations. Moore's “The Substance” premiered at the festival in 2024. Last year, “Sentimental Value”, with Skarsgard, launched at Cannes. 

The other jury members are Irish-Ethiopian actress Ruth Negga, Belgian director Laura Wandel, Chilean director Diego Cespedes, Irish screenwriter Paul Laverty and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard.

The festival runs May 12-23.

(FRANCE 24 with AP)