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- Cannes Competition Jury to Feature JEON Do-yeon
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 30, 2014
- SECRET SUNSHINE Star Returns to Croisette
Photograph ⓒcine21Following the revelations of its main program and sidebars, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the full jury for its upcoming 67th edition. Joining the previously announced jury president Jane Campion will be a coterie of world cinema figures including Korean star JEON Do-yeon.JEON, one of the preeminent thespians in the Korean film scene, is no stranger to the Croisette, having attended the festival as the lead actress of LEE Chang-dong’s 2007 competition title Secret Sunshine, for which she won earned the festival’s Best Actress prize, and IM Sang-soo’s The Housemaid in 2010. The acclaimed star is also known for her roles in films such as E J-yong’s Untold Scandal (2003), LEE Yoon-ki’s My Dear Enemy and last year’s The Road Home from PANG Eun-jin.Following SHIN Sang-ok’s invitation in 1994 and LEE Chang-dong’s selection in 2009, JEON is the third Korean figure to feature in Cannes’ main competition jury. Korean jurors for other sections in previous Cannes editions have included Busan International Film Festival founder KIM Dong-ho and acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon Ho.The veteran star joins a lineup of fresh creative talent from Korea with new films screening in the South of France, following the already announced invitations of July JUNG’s debut feature A Girl at My Door in the Un Certain Regard section and sophomore works The Target by CHANG and A Hard Day by KIM Heong-sun, which will participate in the Midnight Screenings and Director’s Fortnight lineups, respectively. This year’s Cannes Film Festival will unspool from May 14th to 25th .
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