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The Cannes Film Festival 2026 lineup spotlights Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve competing in multiple films: Seydoux in Gentle Monster and The Unknown, Deneuve in Parallel Tales, with the festival running May 12–23 and additional honors for Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand announced.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival unveils an almost exclusively auteur-driven lineup, with Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Paweł Pawlikowski, László Nemes and Asghar Farhadi among those competing for the Palme d’Or, joined by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Cristian Mungiu and others for high-profile premieres such as Bitter Christmas, Fatherland, Moulin, Fjord and Minotaur; Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi also present new works (Sheep in the Box and All of a Sudden). The main competition is notably sparse on American directors, save for Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love; Un Certain Regard features Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, and Cara Delevingne appears in Club Kid. Travolta debuts Propeller One-Way Night Coach, Soderbergh screens John Lennon: The Last Interview, and Cantona is the subject of a special screenings feature. Park Chan-wook will chair the jury as Cannes confirms roughly 2,491 submissions from 141 countries, with more titles likely to be added before the May 12–23, 2026 festival.
Cannes Film Festival 2026 unveils an arthouse-forward lineup with directors like Ira Sachs, Pedro Almodóvar, Asghar Farhadi, and Hirokazu Kore-eda in competition, signaling fewer Hollywood studio titles this year; Ira Sachs is the sole U.S. director in competition, the festival opens with Pierre Salvadori’s La Vénus électrique (The Electric Kiss), and John Travolta’s Propeller One-Way Night Coach is set for Cannes Premiere, while Park Chan-wook serves as jury president and more titles will be added in the coming weeks.
Cannes 2026 is shaping up as an auteur-driven festival with few major U.S. tentpoles, spotlighting work from Pedro Almodóvar, Nicolas Winding Refn, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Cristian Mungiu, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and others; anticipated US entries include James Gray’s Paper Tiger and Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, while Hollywood studios pull back on festival premieres due to costs and risk.
A Cannes 2026 preview foresees a star‑studded, auteur‑driven lineup with new works from Pedro Almodóvar, Asghar Farhadi, Paweł Pawlikowski, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takashi Miike, Florian Zeller, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Luca von Trier and others. While some high‑profile projects (Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, Toy Story 5, The Mandalorian & Grogu) appear unlikely to bow at the Croisette, the festival is expected to host competitive premieres and potential Un Certain Regard entries, maintaining Cannes’ reputation for bold, director‑led premieres.