2026 Cannes Film Festival
| Location | Cannes, France |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or |
| Artistic director | Thierry Frémaux |
| Festival date | 12–23 May 2026 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 79th annual Cannes Film Festival will take place from 12 to 23 May 2026.[1][2]
Background
Expected world (or international) premieres in the Main Competition or in sidebar sections include: James Gray's Paper Tiger, Cristian Mungiu's Fjord, Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas, Nanni Moretti's It Will Happen Tonight, Asghar Farhadi's Parallel Tales, Ryusuke Hamaguchi's All of a Sudden, Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell, Arthur Harari's The Unknown, Hirokazu Kore-eda's Sheep in the Box and Look Back, Valeska Grisebach's The Dreamed Adventure, Na Hong-jin's Hope, Kantemir Balagov's Butterfly Jam, Lukas Dhont's Coward, Andrey Zvyagintsev's Minotaur, Paweł Pawlikowski's 1949, Albert Serra's Out of This World, Carlos Reygadas' Wake of Umbra, Radu Jude's The Diary of a Chambermaid, Nicole Garcia's Milo, Yann Gonzalez' I’ll Forget Your Name, Marie Kreutzer's Gentle Monster, Corneliu Porumboiu's The Costume, Rodrigo Sorogoyen's The Beloved, Hlynur Pálmason's On Land and Sea, Ladj Ly's Dumas: Black Devil, Felix van Groeningen's Let Love In, Antonin Baudry's De Gaulle, Michael Cera's Love Is Not the Answer, Martin Provost's Love Lessons, Fred Cavayé's Les Misérables, Quentin Dupieux's Full Phil, Maha Haj's Orient Adagio, Takashi Miike's Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, Kaouther Ben Hania's Mimesis, Stéphane Demoustier's La Chaleur, László Nemes' Moulin, Léa Mysius' The Birthday Party, Pierre Salvadori's Venus Electrificata, Terrence Malick's The Way of the Wind and Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day.[3][4]
Juries
Main Competition
- TBA – Jury President
References
- ^ Dalton, Ben. "2026 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates". Screen. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes 2026: accreditation is now open!". Festival de Cannes. 2026-02-02. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2025-12-31). "10 Big Movies We Expect to See at Cannes or Venice 2026, From Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' to Tom Cruise and Iñárritu's 'Digger'". Variety. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ^ Ntim, Zac; Wiseman, Andreas; Goodfellow, Melanie (2026-01-01). "From James Gray, Ruben Östlund & Paweł Pawlikowski To Iñárritu's Tom Cruise-Starrer, 'Cliff Booth' & Judith Godrèche's Directorial Debut: 79 Films That Could Light Up Festivals In 2026". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-02-08.