CANNES 2026 lineup and remote notes

[Chris Knipp]

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2026

SOURCE

SEE the comments on DEADLINE, also the OSCAR EXPERT video (both going this time and they think it's a very good year)

The lineup.

IN COMPETITION

Opening film:
LA VÉNUS ÉLECTRIQUE by Pierre SALVADORI – Out of Competition

AMARGA NAVIDAD by Pedro ALMODÓVAR
PARALLEL TALES by Asghar FARHADI
A WOMAN’S LIFE by Charline BOURGEOIS-TACQUET
LA BOLA NEGRA (THE BLACK BALL) by Javier CALVO & Javier AMBROSSI
COWARD by Lukas DHONT
DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER (THE DREAM ADVENTURE) by Valeska GRISEBACH
ALL OF A SUDDEN by HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
THE UNKNOWN by Arthur HARARI
ANOTHER DAY by Jeanne HERRY
SHEEP IN THE BOX by KORE-EDA Hirokazu
HOPE by NA Hong-jin
NAGI NOTES by FUKADA Koji
GENTLE MONSTER by Marie KREUTZER
NOTRE SALUT by Emmanuel MARRE
FJORD by Cristian MUNGIU
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Léa MYSIUS
MOULIN by László NEMES
FATHERLAND by Paweł PAWLIKOWSKI
THE MAN I LOVE by Ira SACHS
EL SER QUERIDO (THE BELOVED) by Rodrigo SOROGOYEN
MINOTAUR by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

additions:
PAPER TIGER BY James GRAY*


UN CERTAIN REGARD

Opening film: TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA by Jane SCHOENBRUN

ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash BIKRAM SHAH | 1st film
IRON BOY by Louis CLICHY
BEN’IMANA by Marie-Clémentine DUSABEJAMBO | 1st film
CONGO BOY by Rafiki FARIALA
CLUB KID by Jordan FIRSTMAN | 1st film
UĻA by Viesturs KAIRIŠS
LA MÁS DULCE (STRAWBERRIES) by Laïla MARRAKCHI
EL DESHIELO (THE MELTDOWN) by Manuela MARTELLI
SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO (FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL) by Valentina MAUREL
YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDN’T SLEEP by Rakan MAYASI | 1st film
I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE by Katharina RIVILIS | 1st film
WORDS OF LOVE by Rudi ROSENBERG
EVERYTIME by Sandra WOLLNER
ALL THE LOVERS IN THE NIGHT by SODE Yukiko

OUT OF COMPETITION

LA BATAILLE DE GAULLE : L’ÂGE DE FER by Antonin BAUDRY
KARMA by Guillaume CANET
DIAMOND by Andy GARCIA
L’ABANDON by Vincent GARENQ
CRESCENDO by Agnès JAOUI
HER PRIVATE HELL by Nicolas WINDING REFN


MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

FULL PHIL by Quentin DUPIEUX
SANGUINE by Marion LE CORROLLER | 1st film
ROMA ELASTICA by Bertrand MANDICO
JIM QUEEN by Marco NGUYEN & Nicolas ATHANÉ | 1st film
GUN-CHE (COLONY) by YEON Sang-ho


CANNES PREMIERE

LA TROISIÈME NUIT by Daniel AUTEUIL
THE MATCH by Juan CABRAL & Santiago FRANCO
KOKUROJO by KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
(THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER)
HEIMSUCHUNG (VISITATION) by Volker SCHLÖNDORFF
PROPELLER ONE-WAY NIGHT COACH by John TRAVOLTA | 1st film

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION by Pegah AHANGARANI | 1st film
LES MATINS MERVEILLEUX by Avril BESSON | 1st film
L’AFFAIRE MARIE-CLAIRE by Lauriane ESCAFFRE & Yvo MULLER
AVEDON by Ron HOWARD
LES SURVIVANTS DU CHE by Christophe Dimitri RÉVEILLE | 1st film
JOHN LENNON : THE LAST INTERVIEW by Steven SODERBERGH
CANTONA by David TRYHORN & Ben NICHOLAS

*Only two American films in Competition, James Gray's and Ira Sachs'. This is James Gray's sixth Cannes Competition film, more than any other American filmmaker. PAPER TIGER is a crime thriller starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Miles Teller that follows two brothers who in attempting to achieve the American Dream get enmeshed in a violent scheme with the Russian Mafia. Sachs' THE MAN I LOVE stars Rami Malek as a dying actor in late-1980s New York and is a "musical fantasia" in the world of AIDS.