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Cannes’ lineup leans away from Hollywood toward world-cinema auteurs like Almodóvar, Mungiu and Farhadi, maintaining a no-streamer policy while highlighting geopolitical and wartime themes; the festival also probes AI’s role in cinema through Steven Soderbergh’s John Lennon documentary, with limited British presence and a slate that spotlights bold indie voices in Un Certain Regard.
Cannes 2026 unveils a star-studded competition slate led by Ira Sachs’s The Man I Love, with Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda among the filmmakers debuting new works; opening film is Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss, and John Travolta’s Propeller One-Way will also screen, as the festival runs May 12–23 with premieres, special screenings (including John Lennon: The Last Interview), and Midnight titles alongside a larger lineup.
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has been cleared of plagiarism claims over his film A Hero, following a copyright infringement allegation by one of his former students. The Iranian courts appointed "seven experts" who unanimously rejected all the plaintiff’s claims, leading to the complete clearance of the film from the accusations. A Hero, which won the grand prix at the Cannes film festival in 2021, tells the story of a prisoner who becomes famous after finding a purse of gold coins and returning it to its owner, despite suffering extreme poverty. Farhadi has twice won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.