CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2026 LINEUP: Almodóvar, Hamaguchi, Mungiu, Farhadi, Pawlikowski, and More Among the Competition Lineup
Get ready for the next wave of buzzworthy new cinema of 2026. The Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 79th edition, which will take place May 12 through 23. The films are divided into sections, from the Main Competition to Un Certain Regard.
Numerous films in the main competition this year include new titles from Cannes alums, including Fjord from Palme d’Or winner Christian Mungiu, starring Sebastian Stan (going back to his Romanian roots) and Renate Reinsve; Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales; Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas; Lukas Dhont’s Close follow-up Coward; Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s French-language debut All of a Sudden; Paweł Pawlikowski’s long-awaited return with the Sandra Hüller-starring Fatherland; Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur; László Nemes’ French-language debut Moulin; and Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Sheep in the Box.
Other highlights in the lineup include Ira Sachs ‘ Rami Malek-starring musical The Man I Love; The Wailing director Na Hong-Jin’s long-awaited thriller Hope; Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle Monster; Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Javier Bardem-starrer The Beloved; Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma; Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut Club Kid; and Nicolas Winding Refn’s long-awaited return to cinema with Her Private Hell.
Take a look at the lineup below.
COMPETITION
Minotaur, Andrey Zvyagintsev
The Beloved, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
The Man I Love, Ira Sachs
Fatherland, Paweł Pawlikowski
Moulin, László Nemes
Histoires de la Nuit, Léa Mysius
Christian Mungiu’s FJORD
Fjord, Cristian Mungiu
Notre Salut, Emmanuel Marre
Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer
Nagi Notes, Koji Fukada
Hope, Na Hong-Jin
Sheep in the Box, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Garance, Jeanne Herry
The Unknown, Arthur Harari
All of a Sudden, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ALL OF A SUDDEN
The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach
Coward, Lukas Dhont
La Bola Negra (The Black Ball), Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo
A Woman’s Life, Charline Bourgeois-Taquet
Parallel Tales, Asghar Farhadi
Bitter Christmas, Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar’s BITTER CHRISTMAS
UN CERTAIN REGARD
La Más Dulce, Laïla Marrakchi
Club Kid, Jordan Firstman
Jordan Firstman’s CLUB KID
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
I’ll Be Gone in June, Katharina Rivilis
Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep, Rakan Mayasi
The Meltdown, Manuela Martelli
Elephants in the Fog, Abinash Bikram Shah
Iron Boy, Louis Clichy
Ben’imana, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Congo Boy, Rafiki Fariala
Ula, Viesturs Kairišs
Forever Your Eternal Animal, Valentina Maurel
Words of Love, Rudi Rosenberg
All the Lovers in the Night, Sode Yukiko
Out of Competition
Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn
Diamond, Andy Garcia
Objet du Deli, Agnes Jaoui
De Gaulle: L’Age de Fer, Antonin Baudry
L’abandon, Vincent Garenq
Karma, Guillame Canet
Cannes Premiere
Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Propeller One-Way Night Coach, John Travolta
The Third Night, Daniel Auteil
The Match, Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco
Visitation, Volker Schlondorff
Special Screenings
John Lennon: The Last Interview, Steven Soderbergh
Avedon, Ron Howard
Les Survivants du Che, Christophe Réveille
Les Matins Merveilleux, Avril Besson
Cantona, David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas
Rehearsals for a Revolution, Pegah Ahangarani
L’affaire Marie-Claire, Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller
Midnight Screenings
Roma Elastica, Betrand Mandico
Full Phil, Quentin Dupieux
Colony, Yeon Sang-ho
Jim Queen, Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen
Sanguine, Marion Le Coroller
Opening Film
The Electric Kiss, Pierre Salvadori (previously announced)
