Demi Moore urges film industry to work with AI rather than fight it as Cannes 2026 opens under first Korean jury president
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CANNES, May 13, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Jury member Demi Moore urged the film industry to find ways to work with artificial intelligence rather than fight it ahead of the Cannes Film Festival’s opening ceremony on Tuesday, as the technology debate dominate the opening of one of cinema’s most prestigious events.
“AI is here. And so the fight is, in a sense, to fight something that is a battle that we will lose. So to find ways in which we can work with it is a more valuable path to take” . DEMI MOORE, JURY MEMBER, CANNES 2026.
“Are we doing enough to protect ourselves? I don’t know. And so my inclination would be to say probably not”. – DEMI MOORE, SPEAKING JOURNALISTS
Moore, who received her first Oscar nomination for body horror The Substance after its Cannes premier in 2024, returns this year as one of nine jury members who will award the Palm d’Or on May 23. The festival does not allow generative AI in competition, tough the technology’s role in filming has emerged as a dominant theme of the event.
FIRST KOREAN PRESIDENT
Park Chan – Wook, the first Korean filmmaker to lead the Cannes jury, reflected on Korean’s rise as a global cinema powerhouse since he brought his thriller Oldboy to Cannes in 2024.
“Korea is no longer at the outskirts of the global cinematic industry. The reason behind it isn’t only because Korean film did very well and made it to the centre of the industry. It’s because the centre of the global film industry itself has expanded”. – PARK CHAN – WOOK, JURY PRESIDENT, CANNES 2026
Park said he promised not be biased towards the Korean entry, Na Hong – jin’s “Hope”, and described the act of ranking 22 competition films as potentially “meaningless” – but valuable as an opportunity to urge audiences to watch them.
