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Cannes Film Festival · 2026

Cannes Film Festival 2026

Un Certain Regard

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17 films · 2 reviews

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All The Lovers In The Night

A proofreader's life begins to change after a chance encounter.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Yukiko Sode; Writer: Yukiko Sode; Stars: Yukino Kishii, Tadanobu Asano)

Ben'imana

A female survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide finds her stability rocked when her teenage daughter becomes pregnant.

(Country: Rwanda; Year: 2026; Director: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo; Writer: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo)

Club Kid

A washed-up party promoter is forced to take in the young son he didn't know he had.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Jordan Firstman; Writer: Jordan Firstman; Stars: Jordan Firstman, Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva, Reggie Absolom, Eldar Isgandarov)

Congo Boy

Tale of a teenage refugee, whose musical dreams face challenges in the Central African Republic.

(Year: 2026; Director: Rafiki Fariala)

Elephants In The Fog

In a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a community of transgender women. But when one of her "daughters" disappears, she must choose between love and responsibility to her community.

(Country: Nepal, Germany, Brazil, France, Norway; Director: Abinash Bikram Shah; Writer: Abinash Bikram Shah)

Everytime

A tragedy brings a mother, daughter, and teenage boy together.

(Country: Austria, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Sandra Wollner; Writer: Sandra Wollner; Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Tristán López, Lotte Keiling, Carla Hüttermann)

A Girl's Story

During a book signing in Normandy, Annie Ernaux, 70, revisits her memories of the summer of 1958, when she was 17.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Judith Godrèche; Writer: Judith Godrèche; Stars: Esther Archambault, Maïwène Barthélémy, Tess Barthélémy, Sephora Pondi, Valérie Dréville, Victor Bonnel, Louise Labèque, Anja Verderosa, Mamadou Sidibé, Lancelot Courcieras, Manon Valentin, Thibault Bonenfant, François-Xavier Raffier, Ariane Labed, Léa Léviant)

I'll Be Gone In June

It’s 2001, and 16-year-old Franny from Germany dreams of experiencing America as an exchange student. She had imagined the glamour of New York, but instead finds herself in a sleepy desert town in New Mexico in the haunting days after 9/11.

(Country: Germany, Switzerland, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Katharina Rivilis; Writer: Katharina Rivilis; Stars: Naomi Cosma, Bianca Dumais, Elijah De Billie, Mia Ayon, Marco Silva, Logan Sage)

Iron Boy (Le Corset)

When a young boy is forced to wear an iron corset for health reasons, he has to reinvent his life on his family farm, discovering friendship and a new passion for music. Animation

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Louis Clichy; Writer: Louis Clichy, Franck Salomé; Stars: Alexandre Astier, Dimitri Colas, Gary Clichy, Brune Moulin, Rod Paradot, Aurélie Vassort, Jean-Pascal Zadi)

The Meltdown

A young woman in early 90s Chile befriends a skier staying at her grandparents resort. But then the European goes missing...

(Country: Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Germany, Spain, France, US; Year: 2026; Director: Manuela Martelli; Writer: Manuela Martelli; Stars: Saskia Rosendahl, Jakub Gierszał, Paulina Urrutia, Mauricio Pesutic, Roberto Farías, Maia Domagala, Maya O'Rourke)

Strawberries

Tale about a seasonal worker from Morocco who goes to work in a strawberry greenhouse in Andalucia but her dream of providing for her family clashes with the reality of abuse and inhumane living conditions.

(Year: 2026; Director: Laïla Marrakchi; Writer: Laïla Marrakchi, Delphine Agut; Stars: Nisrin Erradi, Itsaso Arana, Fran Cantos, Paco Mora, Olga Navalón, Nando Pérez, Marina Redondo)

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma

Review preview for Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma

Anderson and Einbinder are a terrific pairing.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
When the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed to a new director, she visits the original movie's star only to fall into a blood-soaked world of desire and delirium.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2026; Director: Jane Schoenbrun; Writer: Jane Schoenbrun; Stars: Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kevin McDonald, Quintessa Swindell, Jack Haven, Jess McLeod, Louise Weard)

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Opening film

Ulya (Uļa)

Drama based on the life of Latvian basketball star Uljana Semjonova.

(Country: Latvia, Estonia, Poland; Director: Viesturs Kairišs; Writer: Viesturs Kairišs, Karlis Arnolds Avots, Livia Ulman, Andris Feldmanis; Stars: Karlis Arnolds Avots, Chulpan Khamatova, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Artūrs Krūzkops, Kaspars Dumburs, Alise Dzene)

Ulysse

Alice, a sociology researcher, and Volodymyr, a pianist, are going to have a child! They will call him Ulysses. Except that Ulysses is different.

(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Laetitia Masson; Writer: Laetitia Masson; Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Stanislas Merhar, Romane Bohringer, Sebastien Judea, Thomas Badinot)

Victorian Psycho

Review preview for Victorian Psycho

Wigon’s film is arch as a proscenium from the start

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
Trouble brews at a gothic manor after they hire a governess.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Zachary Wigon; Writer: Virginia Feito; Stars: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Ruth Wilson, Jason Isaacs, Evie Templeton, Jacobi Jupe, Amy De Bhrún, Katherine Moran, Dagmar Döring, Kate Brady, Elishka Lane)

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Words Of Love

A mother and daughter's relationship comes under strain when the young girl becomes obsessed with meeting her absent father.

(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Rudi Rosenberg; Writer: Rudi Rosenberg; Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Nour Salam, Ella Bedoucha, Aïdan Djouadi, Mateo Danila, Charlie Lugassy, Eden Sarfati, Paulette Chetrit, Jacques Sebban, Stephan Chargeboeuf, Selma Alaoui, Franck Lebreton, Valentin Papoudof, Liya Lakhtara)

Yesterday The Eye Didn't Sleep

When someone sets fire to a car, a spark of trouble spreads through a tightly woven community.

(Country: Belgium, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory; Year: 2026; Director: Rakan Mayasi; Writer: Rakan Mayasi, Wahid Ajmi; Stars: Jawaher Mawlah, Reem Mawlah, Yasser Mawlah)