The Cannes Festival 2026 already announced as a great cru. Between director and actresses and confirmed actors, here is a new edition of the festival 2026 bold and with proposals from all over the world, the selection promises an exceptional and festive cinematic richness for the 7th art.
As the climb approaches, the excitement rises. Between very expected projections, unexpected discoveries and exceptional evenings that will rhythm the Croisette, I am particularly eager to live this edition and to share with you every moment strong here, on The Cannes Blog.
Here is the complete list of the films presented during this edition 2026.
| COMPETITION 2026 – Opening Film & Official Selection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Film | Director | Actors |
|
THE ELECTRIC VENUS Opening Film – Out of Competition |
Pierre Salvadori | Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche |
| AMARGA NAVIDAD / Autofiction | Pedro Almodóvar | Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón |
| PARALLEL HISTORY | Asghar Farhadi | Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel |
| THE LIFE OF A WOMEN | Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | Léa Drucker, Mélanie Thierry, Charles Berling |
| THE BOLA NEGRA | Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi | Not communicated |
| COWARD | Lukas Dhont | Jonas Wertz |
| DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER | Valeska Grisebach | Yana Radeva |
| ALSO | Hamaguchi Ryusuke | Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto, Gabriel Dahmani |
| INNOVATION | Arthur Harari | Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Victoire Du Bois |
| GUARANCE | Jeanne Herry | Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sara Giraudeau |
| SHEEP IN THE BOX | Kore-Eda Hirokazu | Haruka Ayase, Kotaro Daigo |
| HOPE | Na Hong-jin | Jung-Min Hwang, In-sung Zo, Jung Ho-Yeon |
| NAGI NOTES | Fukada Koji | Takako Matsu, Shizuka Ishibashi, Kenichi Matsuyama |
| GENTLE MONSTER | Marie Kreutzer | Léa Seydoux, Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp |
| OUR SALUT | Emmanuel Marre | Swann Arlaud, Sandrine Blancke, Mathieu Perotto |
| FJORD | Cristian Mungiu | Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve |
| HISTORY OF NIGHT | Léa Mysius | Hafsia Herzi, Bastien Bouillon, Monica Bellucci |
| MOULIN | László Nemes | Gilles Lellouche, Lars Eidinger |
| FATHERLAND | Pawel Pawlikowski | Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl |
| THE MAN I LOVE | Ira Sachs | Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach |
| EL SER QUERIDO | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Javier Bardem, Victoria Luengo, Raúl Arévalo |
| MINOTAUR | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Not communicated |
| A CERTAIN BEARING 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Film | Director | Actors |
| KEEPING SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA Opening film | Jane Schoenbrun | Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Fix |
| ELEPHANTS IN THE BRUME | Abinash Bikram Shah | Pushpa Thing Lama, Deepika Yadav, Jasmin Bishwokarma |
| THE CORSET | Louis Clichy | Gary Clichy, Rod Paradot, Brune Moulin |
| BENNIMANA 1st film | Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo | Clementine U. Nyirinkindi, Isabelle Kabano, Kesia Kelly Nishimwe |
| CONGO BOY | Rafiki Fariala | Not communicated |
| CLUB KID 1st film | Jordan Firstman | Miss Benny, Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva |
| United Kingdom | Kairišs Viesturs | Karl Arnold, Chulpana Hamatova, Alexa Kazanavičius |
| THE DULCE MÁS | Laila Marrakchi | Nisrin Erradi, Hajar Graigaa, Fatima Attif |
| EL DESHIELO | Manuela Martelli | Saskia Rosendahl, Jakub Gierszał, Paulina Urrutia |
| SEMPRE SEY TU ANIMAL MATERNO | Valentina Maurel | Not communicated |
| YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDENT | Rakan Mayasi | Yasser Al Mawla, Jawaher Al Mawla, Rim Al Mawla |
| BE GONE IN JUNE 1st film | Katharina Rivilis | Naomi Cosma, Bianca Dumais, Elijah De Billie |
| SOME MOTS OF LOVE | Rudi Rosenberg | Hafsia Herzi, Liya Lakhtara, Ella Bedoucha |
| EVERYTIME | Sandra Wollner | Birgit Minichmayr, Tristan López, Lotte Shirin Keiling |
| ALL NIGHTS, LOVES | Yukiko Sode | Yukino Kishii, Tadanobu Asano |
| OUT OF COMPETITION 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Film | Director | Actors |
| THE GALLER'S BATILL: THE RAILWAY'S AGE Film event | Antonin Baudry | Simon Abkarian, Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur |
| KARMA | Guillaume Canet | Denis Ménochet, Marion Cotillard, Leonardo Sbaraglia |
| DIAMOND | Andy Garcia | Andy Garcia, Danny Huston, Dustin Hoffman |
| LABANDON | Vincent Garenq | Antoine Reinartz, Emmanuelle Bercot, Nedjim Bouizzoul |
| SUBJECT MATTER | Agnes Jaoui | Daniel Auteuil, Agnes Jaoui, Eye Haidara |
| HER PRIVATE HELL | Nicolas Winding Refn | Charles Melton, Sophie Thatcher, Kristine Frøseth |
| MINUIT MEETINGS 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Film | Director | Actors |
| FULL PHIL | Quentin Dupieux | Woody Harrelson, Kristen Stewart, Charlotte Le Bon |
| SONG 1st film | Marion The Corroller | Mara Taquin, Karin Viard, Kim Higelin |
| ROMA ELASTICA | Bertrand Mandico | Marion Cotillard, Noémie Merlant, Martina La Manna |
| JIMQUEEN 1st film | Marco Nguyen & Nicolas Athané | Animation, Comedy — Alex Ramires, Jérémy Gillet, Shirley Souagnon |
| GUN-CHE (COLONY) | Yeon Sang-ho | Ji-hyun Jun, Soo Go, Ji Chang-Wook |
| CANNES FIRST 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Film | Director | Actors / Info |
| THE THIRD NIGHT | Daniel Auteuil | Antoine Reinartz, Grégory Gadebois, Daniel Auteuil |
| THE MATCH Documentary | Juan Cabral & Santiago Franco | Documentary on Argentina / England World Cup 1986 |
| KOKUROJO (CHÂTEAU D'ARIOKA) | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka |
| HEIMSUCHUNG (KLARA WOOD) | Volker Schlöndorff | Detlev Buck, Stella Denis-Winkler, Lars Eidinger |
| NIGHT VOL FOR YOUR ANGELS 1st film | John Travolta | Clark Shotwell, Kelly Eviston-Quinnett, Olga Hoffmann |
| SPECIAL MEETINGS 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Film | Director | Actors / Info |
| REHEARSALS FOR REVOLUTION 1st film | Pegah Ahangarani | Not communicated |
| MERVEILLOUS MATERIALS 1st film | April Besson | India Hair, Raya Martigny, Éric Cantona |
| MARIE-CLAIRE CASE | Lauriane Escaffre & Yvo Muller | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cécile de France, Grégory Gadebois |
| AUDON | Ron Howard | Portrait of the American photographer Richard Avedon |
| THE SURVIVANTS OF THE CHE 1st film | Christophe Dimitri Wakes up | Not communicated |
| JOHN LENNON : THE LAST INTERVIEW | Steven Soderbergh | Not communicated |
| CANTONA | David Tryhorn & Ben Nicholas | Documentary |
This official selection of the Cannes 2026 Festival is likely to be updated by official last minute announcements. Information on the actors of the films will be supplemented as they become available. Some actors could be present in Cannes for the previews, but their participation is not yet confirmed.
