South Korean actor and Jury member for the Official Selection Song Kang Ho waves from the balcony at... [+] The Martinez Hotel, on the eve the opening of Cannes Film Festival's 74th edition. (Photo taken by John MACDOUGALL / AFP). (Photo taken by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP through Getty Images) AFP via Getty ImagesThe 74th Cannes Film Festival will feature three Korean films, from July 6-17, 2021. Han Jae-Rims Emergency Declaration is the director. It stars Song Kangho, Jeon Don-yeon Lee Byung-hun and Park Hae-joon. The Out of Competition section will show the disaster film.The festival will see actors Song, Lee, and Im. Lee Byung-hun, the first Korean actor, will present an award at this festival. His presentation is likely to take place towards the end of festival.Along with Mati diop, Mylne farmer, Kleber Mendona filho, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessica Hausner, Song will be on the festival's feature film jury. Parasite, a Korean film that was recently released, won the festival's highest honor, the Palme DOr. Song is the Korean actor who was the first to serve on the jury. However, Song is also the fifth Korean member of the jury. Shin Sang-ok, Lee Changdong, Park Chan-wook, and Jeon Do-yeon are the other directors.Hong Sang Soo directed In Front of Your Face. This section is dedicated to established filmmakers. This is the 11th entry of the director to the festival, and 26th feature.Cicada, directed by Yoon DAE-won, is the third Korean film to be screened. The student filmmakers section invited the short film.This year's Palme dOr will be won by twenty-four films. This year's festival was originally planned for May, but it was postponed because of the pandemic.
