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Park Chan-wook to Lead Cannes Jury, Making History for Korean Cinema

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Source: Variety
Park Chan-wook to Lead Cannes Jury, Making History for Korean Cinema
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Park Chan-wook will preside over the jury of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first South Korean president of Cannes’ jury. The celebrated director—known for Oldboy, The Handmaiden, and Decision to Leave—has a long Cannes history, with officials praising his inventiveness and the cinema of South Korea as a global force.

Topics:entertainmentfilm#cannes-film-festival#cannes-jury#film#iris-knobloch#park-chan-wook#south-korean-cinema
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