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Cannes Film Festival 2026

May 12–23, 2026Jury president: Park Chan-wookNominees

The 79th Festival de Cannes runs May 12–23, 2026. South Korean director Park Chan-wook leads the main jury. Below: the full lineup, a launch-ready poll for the Palme d'Or, and one for Un Certain Regard.

Palme d'Or Contenders

All 19 films in the main competition with confirmed TMDB entries. Cap or trim before launching.

  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi – All of a Sudden
  • Léa Mysius – The Birthday Party
  • Pedro Almodóvar – Bitter Christmas
  • Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo – The Black Ball
  • Lukas Dhont – Coward
  • Valeska Grisebach – The Dreamed Adventure
  • Paweł Pawlikowski – Fatherland
  • Cristian Mungiu – Fjord
  • Marie Kreutzer – Gentle Monster
  • Na Hong-jin – Hope
  • Emmanuel Marre – A Man of His Time
  • Ira Sachs – The Man I Love
  • Andrey Zvyagintsev – Minotaur
  • László Nemes – Moulin
  • Koji Fukada – Nagi Notes
  • James Gray – Paper Tiger
  • Asghar Farhadi – Parallel Tales
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda – Sheep in the Box
  • Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet – A Woman's Life

Palme d'Or Contenders

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    All of a Sudden

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    The Birthday Party

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    Bitter Christmas

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    The Black Ball

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    Coward

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    The Dreamed Adventure

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    Fatherland

    • +12

Un Certain Regard

The parallel competition — bolder, often more international and experimental.

  • Yukiko Sode – All the Lovers in the Night
  • Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo – Ben'Imana
  • Jordan Firstman – Club Kid
  • Rafiki Fariala – Congo Boy
  • Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog
  • Sandra Wollner – Everytime
  • Valentina Maurel – Forever Your Maternal Animal
  • Judith Godrèche – A Girl's Story
  • Katharina Rivilis – I'll Be Gone in June
  • Louis Clichy – Iron Boy
  • Manuela Martelli – The Meltdown
  • Jane Schoenbrun – Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
  • Konstantina Kotzamani – Titanic Ocean
  • Viestur Kairish – Ulya
  • Laetitia Masson – Ulysse
  • Zachary Wigon – Victorian Psycho
  • Rudi Rosenberg – Words of Love
  • Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday The Eye Didn't Sleep

Un Certain Regard

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    All the Lovers in the Night

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    Ben'Imana

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    Club Kid

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    Congo Boy

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    Elephants in the Fog

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    Everytime

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    Forever Your Maternal Animal

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In Competition(22)

Films competing for the Palme d'Or.

  • All of a Sudden
    Ryusuke Hamaguchi · France / Japan / Germany / Belgium
  • Another Day(TMDB pending)
    Jeanne Herry · France / Belgium
  • The Beloved(TMDB pending)
    Rodrigo Sorogoyen · Spain / France
  • The Birthday Party
    Léa Mysius · France
  • Bitter Christmas
    Pedro Almodóvar · Spain
  • The Black Ball
    Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo · Spain / France
  • Coward
    Lukas Dhont · Belgium / France
  • The Dreamed Adventure
    Valeska Grisebach · Germany / France / Austria / Bulgaria
  • Fatherland
    Paweł Pawlikowski · Poland / UK / France / Italy / Germany
  • Fjord
    Cristian Mungiu · Romania / Norway / Denmark / Finland / France / Sweden
  • Gentle Monster
    Marie Kreutzer · Austria / France / Belgium / Germany
  • Hope
    Na Hong-jin · South Korea
  • A Man of His Time
    Emmanuel Marre · Belgium / France
  • The Man I Love
    Ira Sachs · United States / France
  • Minotaur
    Andrey Zvyagintsev · France / Latvia / Germany
  • Moulin
    László Nemes · France / Hungary
  • Nagi Notes
    Koji Fukada · Japan / Singapore / Thailand / France
  • Paper Tiger
    James Gray · United States / Brazil / Italy
  • Parallel Tales
    Asghar Farhadi · France / United States / Italy / Belgium
  • Sheep in the Box
    Hirokazu Kore-eda · Japan
  • The Unknown(TMDB pending)
    Arthur Harari · France / Belgium / Italy
  • A Woman's Life
    Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet · France / Belgium

Un Certain Regard(19)

The parallel competition — auteurs, debuts, and bold experiments.

  • All the Lovers in the Night
    Yukiko Sode · Japan
  • Ben'Imana
    Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo · Rwanda / Gabon / France / Norway / Côte d'Ivoire
  • Club Kid
    Jordan Firstman · United States
  • Congo Boy
    Rafiki Fariala · Central African Republic / France / DRC / Italy
  • Elephants in the Fog
    Abinash Bikram Shah · Nepal / France / Germany / Brazil / Norway
  • Everytime
    Sandra Wollner · Austria / Germany
  • Forever Your Maternal Animal
    Valentina Maurel · Belgium / France / Mexico
  • A Girl's Story
    Judith Godrèche · France
  • I'll Be Gone in June
    Katharina Rivilis · Germany / Switzerland / United States
  • Iron Boy
    Louis Clichy · France / Belgium
  • The Meltdown
    Manuela Martelli · Chile / United States / Spain / Mexico
  • Strawberries(TMDB pending)
    Laïla Marrakchi · France / Morocco / Spain / Belgium
  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
    Jane Schoenbrun · United States / Canada
  • Titanic Ocean
    Konstantina Kotzamani · Greece / Germany / Romania / France / Spain
  • Ulya
    Viestur Kairish · Latvia / Poland / Estonia / Lithuania
  • Ulysse
    Laetitia Masson · France
  • Victorian Psycho
    Zachary Wigon · United Kingdom / Ireland
  • Words of Love
    Rudi Rosenberg · France
  • Yesterday The Eye Didn't Sleep
    Rakan Mayasi · Belgium / Lebanon / Palestine / Qatar / Saudi Arabia

Opening & Closing(2)

Premieres outside the main competition.

  • The Electric Kiss(TMDB pending)
    Pierre Salvadori · France
  • Thelma & Louise (1991, retrospective)(TMDB pending)
    Ridley Scott · United States

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