The Official Selection of the 79th Festival de Cannes has been unveiled by Cannes Film Festival President, Iris Knobloch, and General Delegate, Thierry Frémaux. Here are all the films that will be officially shown in May at the famous French Riviera festival.
Cannes Film Festival Official Selection 2026
OPENING FILM
LA VÉNUS ÉLECTRIQUE
Pierre Salvadori
Out of Competition
COMPETITION
AMARGA NAVIDAD
Pedro ALMODÓVAR
PARALLEL TALES
Asghar FARHADI
A WOMAN’S LIFE
Charline BOURGEOIS-TACQUET
LA BOLA NEGRA
Javier CALVO & Javier AMBROSSI
COWARD
Lukas DHONT
DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER
Valeska GRISEBACH
ALL OF SUDDEN
HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
THE UNKNOWN
Arthur HARARI
ANOTHER DAY
Jeanne HERRY
SHEEP IN THE BOX
KORE-EDA Hirokazu
HOPE
NA Hong-jin
NAGI NOTES
FUKADA Koji
GENTLE MONSTER
Marie KREUTZER
NOTRE SALUT
Emmanuel MARRE
FJORD
Cristian MUNGIU
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Léa MYSIUS
MOULIN
László NEMES
FATHERLAND
Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI
THE MAN I LOVE
Ira SACHS
EL SER QUERIDO (THE BELOVED)
Rodrigo SOROGOYEN
MINOTAUR
Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV
PAPER TIGER
James GRAY
UN CERTAIN REGARD
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
Jane SCHOENBRUN
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG
Abinash BIKRAM SHAH
1st film
IRON BOY
Louis CLICHY
BEN’IMANA
Marie-Clémentine DUSABEJAMBO
1st film
CONGO BOY
Rafiki FARIALA
CLUB KID
Jordan FIRSTMAN
1st film
UĻA
Viesturs KAIRIŠS
LA MÁS DULCE (STRAWBERRIES)
Laïla MARRAKCHI
EL DESHIELO (THE MELTDOWN)
Manuela MARTELLI
SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO (FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL)
Valentina MAUREL
YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDN’T SLEEP
Rakan MAYASI
I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE
Katharina RIVILIS
1st film
WORDS OF LOVE
Rudi ROSENBERG
EVERYTIME
Sandra WOLLNER
ALL THE LOVERS IN THE NIGHT
SODE Yukiko
VICTORIAN PSYCHO
Zachary WIGON
MÉMOIRE DE FILLE (A Girl’s Story)
Judith GODRÈCHE
TITANIC OCEAN
Konstantina KOTZAMANI
1st Film
ULYSSE
Laetitia MASSON
(Closing Film of Un Certain Regard)
OUT OF COMPETITION
LA BATAILLE DE GAULLE : L’ÂGE DE FER
Antonin BAUDRY
KARMA
Guillaume CANET
DIAMOND
Andy GARCIA
L’ABANDON
Vincent GARENQ
L’OBJET DU DÉLIT
Agnès JAOUI
HER PRIVATE HELL
Nicolas WINDING REFN
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
FULL PHIL
Quentin DUPIEUX
SANGUINE
Marion LE CORROLLER
1st film
ROMA ELASTICA
Bertrand MANDICO
JIM QUEEN
Marco NGUYEN & Nicolas ATHANÉ
1st film
GUN-CHE (COLONY)
YEON Sang-ho
CANNES PREMIERE
LA TROISIÈME NUIT
Daniel AUTEUIL
THE MATCH
Juan CABRAL & Santiago FRANCO
KOKUROJO (THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER)
KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
HEIMSUCHUNG (VISITATION)
Volker SCHLÖNDORFF
PROPELLER ONE-WAY NIGHT COACH
John TRAVOLTA
THE END OF IT
Maria Martinez BAYONA
1st Film
MARIE MADELEINE (Mary Magdalene)
Gessica GÉNÉUS
AQUÍ
Tiago GUEDES
MARIAGE AU GOÛT D’ORANGE
Christophe HONORÉ
SI TU PENSES BIEN
Géraldine NAKACHE
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION
Pegah AHANGARANI
1st film
LES MATINS MERVEILLEUX
Avril BESSON
1st film
L’AFFAIRE MARIE-CLAIRE
Lauriane ESCAFFRE & Yvo MULLER
AVEDON
Ron HOWARD
LES SURVIVANTS DU CHE
Christophe Dimitri RÉVEILLE
1st film
JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW
Steven SODERBERGH
CANTONA
David TRYHORN & Ben NICHOLAS
VESNA (Spring)
Rostislav KIRPIČENKO
1st Film
CENIZA EN LA BOCA (Ashes)
Diego LUNA
TANGLES
Leah NELSON
1st Film / Animation
LE TRIANGLE D’OR
Hélène ROSSELET-RUIZ
1st Film
GROUNDSWELL
Joshua & Rebecca TICKELL
Documentary
FAMILY SCREENING
LUCY LOST
Olivier CLERT
1st Film / Animation
The 2026 Festival de Cannes will run from May 12 to 23, 2026.
