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Cannes Film Festival · 2026

Cannes Film Festival 2026

Midnight Screenings

Programme

5 films · 3 reviews

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Colony (Gun-Che)

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Throughout, Yeon’s directorial skill and Byun Bong-sun’s stylish cinematography grip viewers’ attention.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A biotechnology professor is among those trapped at a biotech conference after a rapidly mutating virus is released.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2026; Director: Yeon Sang-ho; Writer: Yeon Sang-ho, Choi Gyu-seok; Stars: Gianna Jun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-bin, Kim Shin-rock, Go Soo, Kim Hyeong-mook)

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Full Phil

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As with many Dupieux films, beneath the laughter there’s a fair bit of insight into the absurdity of human relationships.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Absurdist comedy centring on a wealthy American industrialist trying to reconnect with his daughter on a luxury trip.

(Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg; Year: 2026; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Writer: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Woody Harrelson, Kristen Stewart, Charlotte Le Bon, Eric Wareheim, Tim Heidecker, Emma Mackey, Nassim Lyes, Étienne Beydon, Nicolas Raffy)

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Jim Queen

When a virus that turns gay men straight sweeps through Paris, gym queen Jim has to race against time to find a cure before the community who worship him are wiped out.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Nicolas Athané, Marco Nguyen; Writer: Brice Chevillard, Simon Balteaux; Stars: Alex Ramirès, Jéremy Gillet, Shirley Souagnon, François Sagat, Elisabeth Wiener, Harald Marlot, Alex Brik)

Roma Elastica

An actress heads to Rome in the 1980s to shoot a film.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Bertrand Mandico; Writer: Bertrand Mandico; Stars: Marion Cotillard, Noémie Merlant, Alba Rohrwacher, Ornella Muti, Maurizio Lombardi, Martina Scrinzi, Franco Nero, Isabella Ferrari, Milutin Dapčević, Rose Harlean, Christophe Bier, Mathe Kabe, Agnese Claisse, Zlatko Burić, Josephine Thiesen)

Species (Sanguine)

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Le Coroller’s horror is at its best when it focuses on Margot’s psychological meltdown as she works against the clock.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Margot dreams of becoming a life-saving doctor. But as an intern at the most competitive ER in the country, she has trouble keeping up. Soon, young burnt out patients come to her with unusual symptoms, just as she starts developing a strange metamorphosis…

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Marion Le Corroller; Writer: Marion Le Corroller, Thomas Pujol; Stars: Mara Taquin, Karin Viard, Kim Higelin, Sami Outalbali, Stefan Crepon, Sonia Faïdi)

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