Festival de Cannes

The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will take place from 12 to 23 May 2026. Film industry professionals, international stars and up-and-coming actors mingle with the crowd eager for images and surprising encounters. The Cannes Film Festival is the place to be for a fortnight, with its glitter, stars and rumours, as well as scandals and diplomatic affairs. Major events or small anecdotes sometimes take on disproportionate dimensions, and some facts have even built its legend. The Cannes Festival has been celebrating cinema for over 77 years. Over the years, the French Association of the International Film Festival has been able to evolve while keeping the essential: the passion for cinema, the discovery of new talents, the enthusiasm of festival-goers and professionals from all over the world who come to contribute to the birth and distribution of films. The Cannes Festival is committed to the environment! * 60% electric or hybrid vehicles * Total elimination of plastic water bottles * 50% less paper printing * 50% less red carpet used, already recyclable and recycled. South Korean director Park Chan-wook is the president of the jury. An Honorary Palme d’Or will be awarded to director Peter Jackson and actress and singer Barbara Streisand. The list of films in the Official Selection has been unveiled: Opening Film LA VÉNUS ÉLECTRIQUE by Pierre SALVADORI – Out of Competition AMARGA NAVIDAD by Pedro ALMODÓVAR PARALLEL STORIES by Asghar FARHADI A WOMAN’S LIFE by Charline BOURGEOIS-TACQUET LA BOLA NEGRA by Javier CALVO and Javier AMBROSSI COWARD by Lukas DHONT DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER by Valeska GRISEBACH SOUDAIN by HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke THE UNKNOWN by Arthur HARARI GARANCE by Jeanne HERRY SHEEP IN THE BOX by KORE-EDA Hirokazu HOPE by NA Hong-jin NAGI NOTES by FUKADA Koji (A FEW DAYS IN NAGI) GENTLE MONSTER by Marie KREUTZER OUR SALUTATION by Emmanuel MARRE FJORD by Cristian MUNGIU STORIES OF THE NIGHT by Léa MYSIUS THE MILL by László NEMES FATHERLAND by Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI THE MAN I LOVE by Ira SACHS EL SER QUERIDO by Rodrigo SOROGOYEN MINOTAUR by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV Park Chan-wook, President of the Jury at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Twelve spectacular feature films have established him as one of the most fascinating figures in contemporary cinema. Acclaimed worldwide by critics and audiences alike, the South Korean director, screenwriter and producer Park Chan-wook will preside over the Jury for Feature Films in Competition at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. This marks a first for Korean cinema. Thelma and Louise, Geena and Susan, heroines of the official poster for the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Thirty-five years after the world premiere of Ridley Scott’s film on 20 May 1991 in Cannes, Thelma and Louise return as the heroines of the official poster. These two unforgettable fighters turned the tables and shattered a number of cinematic and political stereotypes; they embodied absolute freedom and unwavering friendship; they showed the path to emancipation when it becomes vital. To remember this today is to celebrate the ground we have covered, without ignoring the ground that remains to be covered. The Un Certain Regard Jury has been announced! Following in the footsteps of British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker, Leïla Bekhti will chair the Un Certain Regard Jury at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Surrounded by four jurors – producer Angèle Diabang from Senegal, composer Khaled Mouzanar from Lebanon, director Laura Samani from Italy, and her compatriot, director Thomas Cailley, from France – they will be tasked with selecting the winners of this section, which celebrates young, auteur-driven and emerging cinema.