The official selection of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival: Pedro Almodovar, Jeanne Herry, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Guillaume Canet…
New films by Lazlo Nemes, Léa Mysius, Ryuzuke Hamaguchi, Arthur Harari, Asghar Farhadi, Paweł Pawlikowski, Daniel Auteuil and Ira Sachs will also be presented on the Croisette.
The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has revealed its official selection. The traditional press conference was introduced in a serious tone by President Iris Knobloch, who wanted to contextualize the major event of world cinema in current affairs.
“The Cannes Film Festival was born in a moment of great uncertainty, in 1939, and it is precisely for this reason that it was created.she recalled before ensuring that “bringing together artists from all over the world is not a luxury, it is a necessity“. After the debacle of the last Berlinale, which tried to evacuate the political question, it also reaffirmed the values of Cannes: “the freedom to create, to express oneself and sometimes to disturb“.
The general delegate Thierry Frémaux took the hand to list the list of 21 films in competition for the Palme d’Or where American directors are almost absent (with the exception of Ira Sachs). Unless Paper Tiger by James Gray is the highly anticipated feature film which will be added in the coming days, as teased by Frémaux?
French filmmakers are very present. Arthur Harari and his new film, The Unknownwith Léa Seydoux, Jeanne Herry, for the first time in Cannes and in competition with Madder (worn by Adèle Exarchopoulos), as well as Léa Mysius and her Night stories (with Hafsia Herzi and Bastien Bouillon) and A Woman’s Life by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet (with Léa Drucker and Mélanie Thierry).
The second largest contingent will be formed by Spain, with three films in the running for the Palme d’Or: The loved one (El Ser Querido) by Rodrigo Sorogoyen (with Javier Bardem), Autofiction (Amarga Christmas) by Pedro Almodovar and The Black Bolaa film about the Spanish Civil War by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.
In the race, we also find Side storiesthe new Asghar Farhadi filmed in France with Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Isabelle Huppert and Pierre Niney, the Mill by Lazlo Nemes with Gilles Lellouche, Suddenly by Ryuzuke Hamaguchi (with Virginie Efira) or even Fahterland by Paweł Pawlikowski (with Sandra Huller).
Out of competition, we can note the presence of the new Guillaume Canet (Karmawith Marion Cotillard), The object of the crime by Agnès Jaoui and the first part of Antonin Baudry’s biopic on General de Gaulle. Quentin Dupieux will present Full Phil (with Woody Harrelson and Kristen Steward) in Midnight Screening. The Marie-Claire affairthe film about the Bobigny trial with Charlotte Gainsbourg, will be in Special Screenings. Finally, at Cannes Première we will be able to see the new Daniel Auteuil (The third night).
The films in competition
AMARGA NAVIDAD by Pedro ALMODÓVAR
PARALLEL STORIES by Asghar FARHADI
A WOMAN’S LIFE by Charline BOURGEOIS-TACQUET
LA BOLA NEGRA by Javier CALVO and Javier AMBROSSI
COWARD by Lukas DHONT
DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER by Valeska GRISEBACH
SUDDENLY by HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
THE UNKNOWN by Arthur HARARI
MADDER by Jeanne HERRY
SHEEP IN THE BOX by KORE-EDA Hirokazu
HOPE by NA Hong-jin
NAGI NOTES (A FEW DAYS IN NAGI) by FUKADA Koji
GENTLE MONSTER by Marie KREUTZER
OUR SALVATION by Emmanuel MARRE
FJORD by Cristian MUNGIU
NIGHT STORIES by Léa MYSIUS
MILL by László NEMES
FATHERLAND by Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI
THE MAN I LOVE by Ira SACHS
EL SER QUERIDO by Rodrigo SOROGOYEN
MINOTAUR by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV
Opening Film
THE ELECTRIC VENUS by Pierre Salvadori
Un Certain Regard
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA by Jane SCHOENBRUN (opening film)
ELEPHANTS IN THE MIST by Abinash BIKRAM SHAH | 1st movie
THE CORSET by Louis CLICHY
BEN’IMANA by Marie-Clémentine DUSABEJAMBO | 1st movie
CONGO BOY by Rafiki FARIALA
CLUB KIDS by Jordan FIRSTMAN | 1st movie
UĻA by Viesturs KAIRIŠS
LA MÁS DULCE by Laïla MARRAKCHI
EL DESHIELO by Manuela MARTELLI
SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO (YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL) by Valentina MAUREL
YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDN’T SLEEP by Rakan MAYASI
I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE by Katharina RIVILIS | 1st movie
A FEW WORDS OF LOVE by Rudi ROSENBERG
EVERYTIME by Sandra WOLLNER
OF ALL NIGHTS, LOVERS by SODE Yukiko
Out of competition
THE BATTLE OF GAULLE: THE IRON AGE by Antonin BAUDRY
KARMA by Guillaume CANET
DIAMOND by Andy GARCIA
ABANDONMENT by Vincent GARENQ
THE OBJECT OF THE OFFENSE by Agnès JAOUI
HER PRIVATE HELL by Nicolas WINDING REFN
FULL PHIL by Quentin DUPIEUX
BLOOD by Marion de LE CORROLLER | 1st movie
ROMA ELASTICA by Bertrand MANDICO
JIM QUEEN by Marco NGUYEN and Nicolas ATHANÉ | 1st movie
GUN-CHE YEON (COLONY) by Sang-ho
Cannes Premiere
THE THIRD NIGHT by Daniel AUTEUIL
THE MATCH by Juan CABRAL and Santiago FRANCO
KOKUROJO (ARIOKA CASTLE) by KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
HEIMSUCHUNG (KLARA’S WOOD) by Volker SCHLÖNDORFF
NIGHT FLIGHT TO LOS ANGELES by John TRAVOLTA
Special Sessions
REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION by Pegah AHANGARANI | 1st movie
WONDERFUL MORNINGS by Avril BESSON | 1st movie
THE MARIE-CLAIRE CASE by Lauriane ESCAFFRE and Yvo MULLER
AVEDON by Ron HOWARD
THE SURVIVORS OF CHE by Christophe Dimitri RÉVEILLE | 1st movie
JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW by Steven SODERBERGH
CANTONA by David TRYHORN and Ben NICHOLAS
