Cannes Film Festival
The Festival de Cannes sits at the top of the global film calendar, a yearly convergence point where prestige cinema, industry power, and red-carpet culture collapse into one event on the French Riviera. Founded in 1946, the festival has become the place where competition titles, auteur careers, and international cinema narratives are shaped in real time.
The 79th edition runs from May 12 to 23, 2026, and arrives with Park Chan-wook as jury president, the first Korean filmmaker ever chosen for the role. That appointment extends a long Cannes relationship that already includes Bong Joon-ho's Palme d'Or-winning Parasite and Park's own awards run for Oldboy, Thirst, and Decision to Leave.
For HITKULTR readers, Cannes matters because it remains one of the clearest international measuring sticks for where Korean cinema sits inside the wider film conversation. When a Korean filmmaker or actor breaks through here, the effect reaches far beyond one awards season headline.
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