Following Virginie Efira, Chiara Mastroianni, and Camille Cottin, it’s actress Eye Haïdara who will take center stage as the mistress of ceremonies at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. She will host both the opening and closing sessions of this 79th edition.
Rien à perdre, Delphine Deloget's first film, presented at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard selection. The film, starring Virginie Efira, opens in cinemas on November 22.
Barbra Streisand will be the guest of honor at the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony on May 23, 2026, where she will be awarded a personal Palme d'Or for her outstanding career.
Peter Jackson, the acclaimed director behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy, will be honored with an honorary Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, taking place from May 12 to 23, 2026.
Filmmaker Park Chan-wook has been appointed President of the jury for the 79th Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to take place from May 12 to May 23, 2026.
The Kingdom, Julien Colonna's debut film starring Ghjuvanna Benedetti, will premiere on Netflix on February 13, 2026. A Corsican drama blending escape and the unbreakable bond between father and daughter.
L’Amour Ouf (2024), the latest film by Gilles Lellouche starring François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos, will be available on Netflix starting January 23, 2026.
L'amour et les forêts, a drama by Valérie Donzelli starring Virginie Efira, will be broadcast on France 2 on November 26, 2025, at 9:10 p.m., adapted from the novel by Éric Reinhardt.
Le Ravissement, a drama by Iris Kaltenbäck starring Hafsia Herzi, will be broadcast on Arte on November 26, 2025, at 9 p.m. A midwife sinks deeper and deeper into a lie.
Kinds of Kindness, a triptych fable by Yórgos Lánthimos starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe, will be available on Disney+ on November 28, 2025.
Le Parfum Vert, a crime comedy by Nicolas Pariser starring Vincent Lacoste and Sandrine Kiberlain, will be broadcast on France 3 on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 9:10 p.m.
Directed by Tarik Saleh and a Cannes 2022 award-winner, The Cairo Conspiracy starring Tawfeek Barhom and Fares Fares is a political thriller due on Netflix in October 2025.
Jim Jarmusch's horrific comedy The Dead Don't Die starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Tilda Swinton will be available on HBO Max on October 31, 2025.
Ali Abbasi's biopic The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, airs on Canal+ on September 30, 2025 at 9:10pm. A look back at the rise of Trump.
En Fanfare (2024), a film by Emmanuel Courcol starring Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin and Sarah Suco, will be broadcast on Canal+ on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 9:10pm.