Overview
- Cannes unveiled most of its 2026 program Thursday, confirming 21 Competition films and Park Chan-wook as jury president for May 12–23.
- No Italian titles appear in competition or in the sections revealed so far, a gap not seen since 2017.
- Italy’s footprint shows up only through ties such as Bertrand Mandico’s Roma elastica in Midnight and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Fatherland as a co‑production.
- Thierry Frémaux said the lineup is about 95% complete and that a few additions will arrive next week, with press reporting Nanni Moretti’s new film may not be ready.
- Opening night features Pierre Salvadori’s La Vénus électrique, with honorary Palmes for Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand and a Cannes Première slot for John Travolta’s directing debut.