As every year, the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or for 2026 will be awarded to a debut feature. Discover the lineup of competing films.
The Camera d'Or, one of the Cannes Film Festival's most prestigious prizes, honors each year a debut feature film selected for the official selection or in the parallel sections. The list of competition films for the Camera d'Or 2026 has just been unveiled, following the announcements of the films in the official selection and in the parallel selections.
This prize, which highlights youth, the emotion of first works, and a sense of freshness as a driving force, helps to underline the talent of young emerging filmmakers on the world stage. Last year, the jury had awarded The President's Cake by Hasan Hadi.
Among past laureates, we also name renowned filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch, Jafar Panahi, Ildikó Enyedi, Steve McQueen and Anthony Chen. Discover without delay the 2026 contenders!
Cannes 2026 Film Festival: the films in competition for the Camera d'Or
- I’ll Be Gone in June by Katharina Rivilis (Un Certain Regard)
- Club Kid by Jordan Firstman (Un Certain Regard)
- Benimana by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo (Un Certain Regard)
- The Elephants in the Mist by Abinash Bikram Shah (Un Certain Regard)
- Titanic Ocean by Konstantina Kotzamani (Un Certain Regard)
- The Wonderful Mornings by Avril Besson (Special Screening)
- Rare Soul for a Revolution by Pegah Ahangarani (Special Screening)
- The Survivors of Che by Christophe Dimitri Réveille (Special Screening)
- Spring by Rostislav Kirpicenko (Special Screening)
- Tangles by Leah Nelson (Special Screening)
- The Golden Triangle by Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz (Special Screening)
- Lucy Lost by Olivier Clert (Family Screen)
- Propeller One-Way Night Coach by John Travolta (Cannes Première)
- The End of It by Maria Martinez Bayona (Cannes Première)
- Sanguine by Marion Le Corroller (Midnight Screen)
- Jim Queen by Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané (Midnight Screen)
- 9 Temples to Heaven by Sompot Chidgasornpongse (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)
- Atonement (The Calm) by Reed Van Dyk (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)
- The Explosive Species (Too Many Beasts) by Sarah Arnold (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)
- Gabin by Maxence Voiseux (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)
- Low Expectations by Eivind Landsvik (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)
- We Are Aliens by Kohei Kadowaki (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)
- The Station by Sara Ishaq (Critics’ Week)
- Gradiva by Marine Atlan (Critics’ Week)
- A Girl Unknown by Zou Jing (Critics’ Week)
- Six Months in the Pink Building with Blue by Bruno Santamaría Razo (Critics’ Week)
- Viva by Aina Clotet (Critics’ Week)
- In Waves by Phuong Mai Nguyen (Critics’ Week)
- Fuel in the Arteries by Pierre Le Gall (Critics’ Week)
- The Strike by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri (Critics’ Week)
- Farewell, Cruel World by Félix de Givry (Critics’ Week)
So, who will take home this highly coveted award at the end of the Cannes Film Festival 2026? Find out on May 23.
