S.Korea's Park Chan-wook to head Cannes festival jury

A statement named the director behind "Oldboy" (2003) as president of the body that will award the 2026 Palme d'Or. Last year the award went to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's "It Was Just an Accident." The appointment, which organisers called "a first for Korean cinema", came as South Korean culture enjoys global recognition, with Park's films hailed alongside Bong Joon-ho's 2019 Palme d'Or and Oscar best picture winning film "Parasite", the hugely popular television series "Squid Game" and "KPop...