Cannes 2026 Official Selection: Complete Lineup by Section

By Pickle  April 14, 2026

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The 79th Festival de Cannes Official Selection, announced April 9, 2026, by Iris Knobloch and Thierry Frémaux, features 2,541 submissions distilled into a global slate across Competition (21 Palme d’Or contenders from three continents, five by women directors), Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, and more. Park Chan-wook chairs the jury; the festival runs May 12-23, opening with Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss out of competition. Cannes’ 79th edition is auteur-heavy, with European directors dominating and limited US presence.

Here’s the Complete lineup of Cannes Official Selections

Competition

All of a Sudden (Soudain), Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, France-Japan-Germany-Belgium, Sudden illness disrupts lives in intimate drama.

Another Day (Garance), Jeanne Herry, France-Belgium

The Beloved (El ser querido), Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain-France

The Birthday Party (Histoires de la nuit), Léa Mysius, France, Nighttime revelations test family bonds.

Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad), Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, Holiday family tensions erupt.

The Black Ball (La bola negra), Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo, Spain-France

Coward, Lukas Dhont, Belgium-France, Fear drives personal reckoning.

The Dreamed Adventure (Das geträumte Abenteuer), Valeska Grisebach, Germany-France-Austria-Bulgaria, Dreamlike journey through uncertain landscapes.

Fatherland (Vaterland), Paweł Pawlikowski, Poland-UK-France-Italy-Germany

Fjord, Cristian Mungiu, Romania-Norway et al., Romanian family faces Norwegian scrutiny.

Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer, Austria-France et al

Hope (호프), Na Hong-jin, South Korea, Harbor town’s mysterious discovery sparks survival horror.

A Man of His Time (Notre Salut), Emmanuel Marre, Belgium-France

The Man I Love, Ira Sachs, US-France

Minotaur (Минотавр), Andrey Zvyagintsev, France-Latvia-Germany, Mythic family labyrinth unfolds.

Moulin, László Nemes, France-Hungary, Jean Moulin unites resistance, endures torture.

Nagi Notes (ナギダイアリー), Koji Fukada, Japan-Singapore et al., Diary of quiet introspection amid crisis.

Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles), Asghar Farhadi, France-US-Italy-Belgium, Intersecting lives reveal moral dilemmas.

Sheep in the Box (箱の中の羊), Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, Boxed secrets challenge family dynamics.

The Unknown (L’Inconnue), Arthur Harari, France-Belgium-Italy, Mystery woman unravels hidden truths.

A Woman’s Life (La Vie d’une femme), Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, France-Belgium

Un Certain Regard

All the Lovers in the Night (すべて真夜中の恋人たち), Yukiko Sode, Japan, Nocturnal romance blooms unexpectedly (CdO-eligible noted where applicable).

Ben’Imana, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Rwanda et al.

Club Kid, Jordan Firstman, US

Congo Boy, Rafiki Fariala, DR Congo et al

Elephants in the Fog (तिनिहारु), Abinash Bikram Shah, Nepal

Everytime, Sandra Wollner, Austria-Germany

Forever Your Maternal Animal (Siempre soy tu animal materno), Valentina Maurel, Costa Rica

I’ll Be Gone in June, Katharina Rivilis, Germany

Iron Boy (Le Corset), Louis Clichy, France-Belgium.

The Meltdown (El deshielo), Manuela Martelli, Chile

Strawberries (La más dulce), Laïla Marrakchi, France

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (opening), Jane Schoenbrun, US, Slasher chaos at a cursed camp.

Ulya (Uļa), Viestur Kairišs, Latvia

Words of Love (Quelques mots d’amour), Rudi Rosenberg, France.

Yesterday The Eye Didn’t Sleep (البارح العين ما نامت), Rakan Mayasi, Belgium et al., Sleepless night confronts trauma.

Out of Competition & Midnight Screenings

L’Abandon, Vincent Garenq, France

Crescendo (L’Objet du délit), Agnès Jaoui, France-Belgium, N/A.

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (La Bataille de Gaulle: L’Âge de fer), Antonin Baudry, France .

Diamond, Andy Garcia, US

Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn, Denmark-US.

The Electric Kiss (Venus Electrificata) (opening), Pierre Salvadori, France, Period comedy sparks electric romance.

Karma, Guillaume Canet, France

Colony (군체) (Midnight), Yeon Sang-ho, South Korea.

Full Phil (Midnight), Quentin Dupieux, France

Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer (Midnight, CdO), Nicolas Athane & Marco Nguyen, France-Belgium

Roma Elastica (Midnight), Bertrand Mandico, France-Italy

Sanguine (Midnight, CdO), Marion Le Coroller, France-Belgium

Cannes Premiere

Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner (黒牢城), Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, Samurai faces moral prison.

The Match (El Partido), Juan Cabral & Santiago Franco, Argentina

Propeller One-Way Night Coach (CdO), John Travolta