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The Cannes Film Festival is considered the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.

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🇺🇸 Neon Adds To Cannes Competition Coffers With Na Hong-Jin’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Hope’ (2026-04-10)
Neon has nabbed its fifth film in the Cannes Competition with Na Hong-Jin’s Hope. Neon has taken North American and English-language rights to the nex...
🇺🇸 Neon Buys Korean Thriller ‘Hope,’ Starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, Ahead of Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) (2026-04-10)
“Hope,” a sci-fi thriller from Korean auteur Na Hong-jin, has sold to Neon ahead of its Cannes Film Festival premiere. According to the logline, “Hope...
🇺🇸 MK2 Boards Ground-Breaking Rwandan Cannes-Selected Film ‘Ben’Imana’ (2026-04-10)
EXCLUSIVE: Mk2 Films has boarded sales on Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo’s post-genocide drama Ben’Imana ahead of its world premiere i...
🇺🇸 The Match Factory Boards Valeska Grisebach’s Cannes Title ‘The Dreamed Adventure’ — First Look (2026-04-10)
The Match Factory has acquired international sales rights to Valeska Grisebach’s Cannes competition title The Dreamed Adventure. Check out the first i...
🇺🇸 The Match Factory Acquires Valeska Grisebach’s ‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Ahead of World Premiere in Competition at Cannes (2026-04-10)
The Match Factory will handle international sales for “The Dreamed Adventure,” the latest feature film from Valeska Grisebach. The film marks the dire...
🇺🇸 Films by Almodovar, Pawlikowski and Hamaguchi lead an auteur-heavy Cannes Film Festival lineup (2026-04-09)
New films by Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski, Japanese writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Spain's Pedro Almodovar will premiere at the 79th Cann...
🇺🇸 Cannes: Losange Films Unveils Teaser For Chilean Director Manuela Martelli’s Un Certain Regard Film (2026-04-09)
EXCLUSIVE: Chilean director Manuela Martelli will make her Cannes Official Selection debut this May as with her second feature Meltdown premiering in ...
🇺🇸 Cannes’ Nepalese Thriller ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE) (2026-04-09)
“Elephants in the Fog,” a Nepalese thriller set to bow at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, has been boarded by Brussels-base...
🇺🇸 Ira Sachs’ Cannes Movie ‘The Man I Love’ Starring Rami Malek Boarded by MK2 Films, Reveals First Look (EXCLUSIVE) (2026-04-09)
Indie cinema champion MK2 Films (“Sentimental Value”) has boarded Ira Sachs’ “The Man I Love,” one of the hotly anticipated movies set to world premie...
🇺🇸 Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ First Look Shows Soldiers in Battle Ahead of Cannes Competition (2026-04-09)
The Belgian director’s period drama and his third to launch on the Croisette follows a soldier grappling with cowardice and heroism in the trenches of...
🇺🇸 WIF Los Angeles and WIFT Africa Unite to Bring Delegation of Women Creatives to Cannes Film Festival (2026-04-09)
WIF Los Angeles (WIF LA) and WIFT Africa (Women in Film and TV Africa) have united to bring a delegation of women creatives from 10 African countries ...
🇺🇸 Cannes Chief Thierry Frémaux Confirms He’s Still Chasing James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger,’ Starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, for This Year’s Fest: It’s a ‘Wonderful Film’ and ‘Very Indie’ (2026-04-09)
Minutes after unveiling a lineup dominated by European auteurs for Cannes’ 79th edition, festival chief Thierry Frémaux was hit with a barrage of ques...
🇺🇸 Thierry Frémaux Addresses Absence of Studio Films In Cannes: “The Last Five, Ten years Were Very Quiet” (2026-04-09)
One of the talking points around the Cannes Film Festival’s 2026 edition is the absence of big U.S. studio titles making their way to the French Rivie...
🇺🇸 Korean Auteur Na Hong-jin’s Long-Gestating Thriller ‘Hope,’ Starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, Headed to Cannes (2026-04-09)
A decade in the making, the director's follow-up to his cult supernatural thriller 'The Wailing' pairs Korean and Hollywood stars — and reportedly car...
🇺🇸 Pawel Pawlikowski’s Palme d’Or Potential ‘Fatherland’ Unveils First Look Image (2026-04-09)
Here is first look image of Fatherland, Paweł Pawlikowski’s latest feature that is heading to Cannes. In the image, stars Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zisc...
🇺🇸 Did Cannes Just Confirm Hollywood Studios’ Growing Fear of Film Festivals? (2026-04-09)
"When the studios are less present in Cannes, they are less present full stop," said Cannes director Thierry Fremaux at the top of the lineup announce...
🇺🇸 Cannes Film Festival 2026 Lineup Revealed (2026-04-09)
More than one film in the 2026 lineup is bound to become an Oscar winner, as the last few Cannes festivals have shown....
🇺🇸 Cannes: Studiocanal Boards Sales On Volker Schlöndorff’s ‘Visitation’ & Unveils First Image (2026-04-09)
EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal has boarded sales and unveiled a first image for Volker Schlöndorff’s Visitation, which was announced as having been selected f...
🇺🇸 Cannes Film Festival: Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda & Ira Sachs Among Filmmakers Set For Competition Debuts — Full List (2026-04-09)
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival lineup was announced this morning, and among the headline filmmakers set to debut new works are veteran American indie d...
🇺🇸 Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup (Updating Live) (2026-04-09)
The 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival will favor the auteurs this year, with Nicolas Winding Refn, Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Paweł Pawlikows...
🇺🇸 Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Selection (Updating Live) (2026-04-09)
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux unveils the program for the 79th edition of the world's biggest film festival....
🇺🇸 Cannes Unveils Lineup for 79th Edition: Watch Live (2026-04-09)
The countdown to the 2026 edition is on as artistic director Thierry Fremaux unveils the program for the world's biggest film festival....
🇺🇸 John Travolta to Premiere Directorial Debut ‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’ at the Cannes Film Festival (2026-04-02)
John Travolta is set to present his long gestated directorial debut, “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. ...
🇺🇸 Cannes Film Fest to Open With Pierre Salvadori’s Roaring Twenties Rom-Com ‘La Vénus électrique’ (2026-04-01)
Pio Marmaï and Anaïs Demoustier co-star in Salvadori's Cannes opener, described as "delightfully burlesque."...
🇺🇸 Cannes Film Festival to Open With 1920s-Set French Movie ‘La Venus Electrique’ (2026-04-01)
Pierre Salvadori’s ambitious period comedy “La Vénus électrique” is set to premiere on opening night of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival o...
🇺🇸 Eye Haïdara to Host Cannes Film Festival’s Opening and Closing Ceremonies (2026-03-25)
Up-and-coming French actor Eye Haïdara has been tapped to host the opening and closing ceremonies at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The...
🇺🇸 Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Isn’t Launching At The Cannes Film Festival (2026-03-25)
As we’ve reported multiple times already, including as far back as December, Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day isn’t debuting at the Cannes Film Festi...
🇺🇸 Filmmaking Team Demands Egypt Release Detained Co-Star Of Cannes Hit ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ (2026-03-21)
Filmmakers behind the award-winning drama-thriller Eagles of the Republic are demanding the immediate release of actor Hassan El Sayed, who is being h...
🇺🇸 ICEX Unveils ‘La Tarara,’ ‘La Llama’ for Cannes, Adds Carla Simón’s ‘Flamenco’ to ‘Where Talent Ignites’ Showcase (2026-03-18)
Spain’s Audiovisual From Spain, the brand run by Spanish trade and investment body ICEX to drive the interational impact of Spanish talent, is heading...
🇺🇸 Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Palme d’Or in Cannes (2026-03-11)
The iconic EGOT winner will make her Cannes debut this year, accepting a lifetime achievement honor at the Cannes awards ceremony on May 23....
🇺🇸 Ruben Östlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’ Won’t Be Ready For Cannes; Will The Croisette Cupboard Be Less Well Stocked This Year? (2026-03-11)
EXCLUSIVE: Bummer. Two time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund won’t be at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival with buzzy new movie The Entertainment System Is...
🇺🇸 Barbra Streisand to Receive Cannes Honorary Palme d’Or (2026-03-11)
Barbra Streisand is set to receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May. “It is with a sense of pride and deep humility, that I’m...
🇺🇸 Don’t Miss Any of IndieWire’s Cannes Programming — American Pavilion Memberships Go on Sale This Week (2026-03-10)
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🇺🇸 19 Best New Movies to Streaming in March: ‘Peaky Blinders,’ ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ and More (2026-03-01)
March is home to the 2026 Oscars, which makes it the perfect time for a handful of the most acclaimed nominees to make their streaming debuts. Neon’s ...
🇺🇸 ‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Joachim Trier on Oscar-Contending ‘Sentimental Value,’ His Oslo Trilogy and Why “Tenderness Is the New Punk” (2026-02-28)
The latest film from the Danish-Norwegian, who recorded this episode in front of film students at Chapman University, is nominated for nine Oscars, mo...
🇺🇸 Can Oscar Voters Be Trusted? Plus From Hawke To Hudson To Byrne To Madigan This Year’s Top Underdogs – Notes On The Season (2026-02-27)
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Ballots are now in the hands – or laptops actually – of the nearly 10,000 eligibl...
🇺🇸 Park Chan-Wook Named As 2026 Cannes Jury President (2026-02-26)
South Korean Old Boy and No Other Choice director Park Chan-wook has been named as president of the jury for the 79th Cannes Film Festival, running fr...
🇺🇸 Park Chan-wook is the 2026 Cannes Jury President (2026-02-26)
The acclaimed South Korean director of 'Oldboy,' 'The Handmaiden' and 'No Other Choice' will head up the international jury that picks this year's Pal...
🇺🇸 Park Chan-wook Set as 2026 Cannes Film Festival Jury President (2026-02-26)
This year's festival runs May 12 - 23. The Korean filmmaker has competed in Cannes' main competition with "Decision to Leave," "The Handmaiden," "Thir...
🇺🇸 Park Chan-Wook to Preside Over 79th Cannes Film Festival Jury (2026-02-26)
Park Chan-wook will preside over the jury of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The celebrated South Korean director, screenwriter and prod...