Cannes Film Festival 2026 lineup includes Soderbergh, Refn, and a lot of arthouse projects
The Cannes Film Festival 2026, the 79th edition of the festival, is set to run from May 12 – May 23 – and with those dates swiftly approaching, the festival’s lineup of films has been revealed, including the latest films from Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the directorial debut of John Travolta, and a whole lot of arthouse projects. The Hollywood Reporter notes that, even during the lineup announcement, the organizers pointed out that there was a glaring lack of Hollywood studio projects scheduled for this year’s edition of the festival.
“Arthouse darlings” will have a major presence on the Croisette, as some of the filmmakers debuting their latest works at the Cannes Film Festival are Ira Sachs, Pedro Almodóvar, Asghar Farhadi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Marie Kreutzer, László Nemes, Volker Schlöndorff, Jane Schoenbrun, Cristian Mungiu, Lukas Dhont, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.
This isn’t the complete lineup, more titles will be added in the coming weeks, but THR was surprised to see that the latest films from directors Joel Cohen, Takashi Miike, Lars von Trier, Radu Jude, and Werner Herzog weren’t included in this wave of announcements.
Here’s the Cannes Film Festival 2026 lineup, as announced so far:
COMPETITION
Minotaur, Andrey Zvyagintsev
El ser querido, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
The Man I Love, Ira Sachs
1949, Paweł Pawlikowski
Moulin, László Nemes
Histoires de la nuit, Léa Mysius
Fjord, Cristian Mungiu
Notre Salut, Emmanuel Marre
Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer
Nagi Notes, Hiroshi Fukada
Hope, Na Hong-jin
Sheep in the Box, Hirokazu Koreeda
The Unknown, Arthur Harari
Sudden, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach
Coward, Lukas Dhont
The Black Ball, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo
Life of a Woman, Charline Bourgeois-Taquet
Parallel Tales, Asghar Farhadi
Bitter Christmas, Pedro Almodóvar
UN CERTAIN REGARD
All the Lovers in the Night, Yukiko Sode
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
Club Kid, Jordan Firstman
I’ll Be Gone in June, Katharina Rivilis
Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep, Rakan Mayasi
La más dulce, Laïla Marrakchi
The Meltdown, Manuela Martelli
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
John Lennon: The Last Interview, Steven Soderbergh
Avedon, Ron Howard
Les Survivants du Che, Christophe Réveille
Les Matins Merveilleux, Avril Besson
CANNES PREMIERE
Heimsuchung, Volker Schlöndorff
Propeller One-Way Night Coach, John Travolta
Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Third Night, Daniel Auteuil
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Sanguine, Marion Le Coroller
Jim Queen, Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athane
Colony, Yeon Sang-ho
Roma Elastica, Bertrand Mandico
Full Phil, Quentin Dupieux
OUT OF COMPETITION
Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn
L’Abandon, Vincent Garenq
L’objet du délit, Agnès Jaoui
La bataille de Gaulle: L’âge de fer, Antonin Baudry
Karma, Guillaume Canet
The Electric Kiss, Pierre Salvadori – opening film
Diamond, Andy Garcia
Ira Sachs is the only U.S. director in the competition program this year. Director Park Chan-wook, will be the jury president at the Cannes Film Festival 2026, heading up the group that will select the winners of this year’s awards. Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand will receive honorary Palme d’Ors in recognition of their work.
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