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Deadline kicks off its Cannes 2026 coverage with Pierre Salvadori’s opening-night The Electric Kiss, while flagging a star-studded lineup that includes Palme d’Or alumni Mungiu and Kore-eda, plus Farhadi and Sachs, with ongoing reviews from Deadline’s critics throughout the festival.
The Hollywood Reporter’s chief film critic David Rooney highlights a slate of Cannes 2026 Competition titles from renowned directors, including Coward (Lukas Dhont), Fatherland (Paweł Pawlikowski), Fjord (Christian Mungiu), Hope (Na Hong-jin), Parallel Tales (Asghar Farhadi), Sheep in the Box (Hirokazu Kore-eda), The Unknown (Arthur Harari), and Paper Tiger (James Gray), offering brief plot previews and why these entries are must-sees at the festival.
Park Chan-Wook will preside Cannes 2026's competition jury, joined by Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, Stellan Skarsgård, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé and Paul Laverty to oversee the 22-film In Competition lineup at the 79th Cannes Film Festival (May 12–23), which opens with Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss.
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival runs May 12–23 on the Côte d’Azur, opening with Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss; honorary Palme d’Ors go to Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand, while John Travolta presents his feature directorial debut out of competition. The lineup emphasizes international, arthouse titles from directors like Andrey Zvyagintsev, Ira Sachs, Pawlikowski, Mungiu, Hamaguchi, Almodóvar, and Farhadi, with about 2,541 submissions and five women directors in competition; more titles will be announced in the coming days.
Cannes unveils a star‑studded 2026 lineup led by Almodóvar, Kore-eda, and Farhadi, but Hollywood studios are notably sparse, prompting questions about whether studios fear festival buzz and marketing hurdles; festival director Thierry Fremaux notes the US will be present but less so, with tentpole titles having surfaced previously and Toy Story 5 still unannounced, suggesting Cannes’ prestige endures even as studio presence shifts.
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.
Ahead of the official lineup reveal for the 79th Cannes Film Festival, this article presents a detailed forecast for the Competition slate and side programs (Un Certain Regard, Midnight, Out of Competition, Cannes Première, and Special Screenings). It cites rumored and predicted titles such as After, All of a Sudden, Bitter Christmas, and Butterfly Jam as part of the Competition lineup, notes that Park Chan-wook will chair the jury, and frames Cannes as a pivotal awards-season launchpad, while inviting readers to discuss which films might ultimately be included.