Cannes Film Festival 2026 Overview
The Cannes Film Festival is set to take place from May 12 to 23, 2026, and will kick off with the French film The Electric Kiss , directed by Pierre Salvadori.
The complete competition lineup was revealed on April 9, showcasing a mix of renowned filmmakers and indie talents. Esteemed directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Asghar Farhadi, and Pedro Almodovar are part of the selection, alongside emerging voices like Ira Sachs. Notably, actor John Travolta will present his directorial debut, Propeller One-Way, a tribute to his late son Jett, which will later be available on Apple TV.
Park Chan-wook, the director of No Other Choice, will serve as the jury president. Additionally, Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand will receive honorary Palme d'Or awards. Among the standout films this year is Ira Sachs' The Man I Love, a poignant drama centered on the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York, featuring a talented cast including Rami Malek and Rebecca Hall. Farhadi's second French film, Parallel Stories, will also debut, showcasing stars like Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Cassel.
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">Other notable premieres include Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Ron Howard's Avedon, Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell, and Steven Soderbergh's John Lennon: The Last Interview. Below is the complete list of films set to grace the French Riviera next month.
Competition
Minotaur, Andrey Zvyagintsev
El Ser Querido, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
The Man I Love, Ira Sachs
Fatherland, Pawel Pawlikowski
Moulin, Laszlo Nemes
Stories Of The Night, Lea Mysius
Fjord, Cristian Mungiu
Notre Salut, Emmanuel Marre
Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer
Nagi Notes, Koji Fukada
Hope, Na Hong-jin
Sheep In The Box, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Garance, Jeanne Herry
The Unknown, Arthur Harari
Sudden, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach
Coward, Lukas Dhont
The Black Ball, Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Life Of A Woman, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Parallel Tales, Asghar Farhadi
Bitter Christmas, Pedro Almodovar
Out of competition
Diamond, Andy Garcia
Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn
L'Abandon, Vincent Garenq
Karma, Guillaume Canet
L'Objet Du Delit, Agnes Jaoui
L'Âge de fer, Antonin Baudry
The Electric Kiss, Pierre Salvadori
Midnight Screenings
Colony, Yeon Sang-ho
Roma Elastica, Bertrand Mandico
Sanguine, Marion Le Coroller
Full Phil, Quentin Dupieux
Jim Queen, Nicolas Athane, Marco Nguyen
Cannes Premiere
Propeller One-Way Night Coach, John Travolta
Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Heimsuchung, Volker Schlondorff
The Third Night, Daniel Auteuil
Special Screenings
John Lennon: The Last Interview, Steven Soderbergh
Avedon, Ron Howard
Les Survivants du Che, Christophe Réveille
Les Matins Merveilleux, Avril Besson
Un Certain Regard
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
I Am Always Your Maternal Animal, Valentina Maurel
Everything, Sandra Wollner
I'll Be Gone in June, Katharina Rivilis
Yesterday The Eye Didn't Sleep, Rakan Mayasi
Congo Boy, Rafiki Fariala
The Meltdown, Manuela Martelli
Club Kid, Jordan Firstman
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun
La más dulce, Laïla Marrakchi
Le Corset, Louis Clichy
Stay tuned for more updates!