A date for the new film from the director of En Fanfare with Sandrine Kiberlain and Benoit Magimel
Will Emmanuel Courcol return to Cannes with Banquise?
With With fanfarehis fourth fiction feature film as director, Emmanuel Courcol has changed status. Its dramatic comedy, carried by Pierre Lottin and Benjamin Lavernhe, was a huge public success (2.5 million spectators in France), before receiving 7 César nominations. A beautiful story that began at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where the film made an impression in the Cannes Première section.
Cannes 2026 is approaching, and one month before the official selection is revealed, it is time for speculation. And the new Courcol, Ice floeis necessarily expected to be one. His previous film, A Triumph (with Kad Merad and Marina Foïs), was also to be presented on the Croisette, and was released with the label “Cannes Festival 2020” following the cancellation of the event due to Covid.
In Ice floeSandrine Kiberlain and Benoît Magimel play two parents who go to Greenland in search of their daughter (Kali Boisson), herself in the footsteps of her older sister, who disappeared during a trip to this icy desert. Its distributor, Diaphana, revealed this week its release date, November 18, 2026, completely Cannes compatible.
Ice floe is freely inspired by the novel of the same name by Valentine Goby. Emmanuel Courcol filmed his adaptation in Greenland, between March and April 2025, with the support of Agat Films. An in situ filming in wild and grandiose landscapes that he documented on his Instagram account.
