Cannes Film Festival 2026: 21 films in the running for the Palme d'Or

The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will take place from 12 to 23 May 2026. At the traditional press conference, the lineup for the competition and out-of-competition sections was revealed. Among them, 21 titles in the running for the coveted Palme d'Or!

The jury, chaired by Park Chan-wook, will face the daunting task of deciding which film in competition will take home the Palme d'Or 2026 on May 23. Beyond the Palme d'Or, several other prizes will be handed out at the festival's close, including the Grand Prix, the Best Director award, the Best Screenplay prize, the Jury Prize, and the acting honors for Best Actress and Best Actor.

So, will the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2026 be French, Hungarian, South Korean, Belgian, or perhaps Iranian? Find out now the 21 films in the running for the Palme d'Or 2026.

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• Cannes Festival 2025: Rumors and predictions, the films expected to be selected

The films in the official competition lineup for the Palme d'Or 2026:

• The Minotaur by Andrei Zvyagintsev
• The Beloved One by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
• The Man I Love by Ira Sachs
• 1949 by Pawel Pawlikowski
• Moulin by László Nemes
• Night Stories by Léa Mysius
• Fjord by Cristian Mungiu
• Our Salvation by Emmanuel Marre
• Gentle Monster by Marie Kreutzer
• Nagi Notes by Koji Fukada
• Hope by Na Hong-jin
• Sheep in the Box by Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Garance by Jeanne Herry
• The Unknown Woman by Arthur Harari
• Suddenly by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• The Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach
• Coward by Lukas Dhont
• The Black Ball by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo
• The Life of a Woman by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
• Parallel Stories by Asghar Farhadi
• Autofiction by Pedro Almodóvar

Response due May 23.

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