The Cannes Classics selection for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring 21 feature films, 3 short films, 6 documentaries and 2 contemporary works.
In addition to the official selection, the Quinzaine des Cinéastes, the Critics Week and ACID, there is an extra section at the Festival de Cannes 2026, Cannes Classics, dedicated to tributes and restorations. So it’s time for the classics, from May 12 to 23, through these special screenings of heritage films. An opportunity to discover new restorations, documentaries, and special events.
Many artists are also expected this year at the Cannes Film Festival 2026 to showcase works from the Cannes Classics program. Among them: Bruce and Laura Dern, Guillermo del Toro, Artavazd Pelechian, Dario Argento, and Jerzy Skolimowski.
Discover the full Cannes Classics 2026 lineup!
The Cannes Classics 2026 lineup:
Two recent works:
- The Golden Age of Bérenger Thouin
- A Manifest Life of Jean-Gabriel Périot
Three short films in a special screening:
- Torino Shadow by Jia Zhangke
- Goodnight Lamby by Dustin Yellin
- Playground by Amirhossein Shojaei
Documentaries:
- The Story of Documentary Film (the 1970s) by Mark Cousins
- Dernsie: The Incredible Life of Bruce Dern
- Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean by Barnaby Thompson
- Vittorio De Sica – Life on Stage by Francesco Zippel
- My Coluche by Michel Denisot, Camille Bruere, and Julie Lazare
- Nostalgia for the Future by Brecht Debackere
Restored copies:
- Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
- Pelechian Project by Artavazd Pelechian
- Hope by André Malraux
- Moonlighting by Jerzy Skolimowski
- Let's Have One Evening Over Dinner by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
- Report to Mother by John Abraham
- Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige
- The Iron Man by Andrzej Wajda
- Eve by Maria Plyta
- The Devils by Ken Russell
- The House of the Angel by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Two Women by Vittorio De Sica
- The Drift by Paula Delsol
- The Pastoral Symphony by Jean Delannoy
- The Innocent by Luchino Visconti
- The Dull-Ice Flower by Yang Li-Kuo
- Machine Gun Kelly by Roger Corman
- Seagulls Die at the Port by Roland Verhavert, Rik Kuypers and Ivo Michiels
- The Legend of the Great Judo by Akira Kurosawa
- Tilaï by Idrissa Ouedraogo
- The Criminal by Orson Welles
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