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Overview
- The festival, which unveiled its 2026 program Thursday, named 21 films to vie for the Palme d'Or with entries from Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar and Andrey Zvyagintsev.
- No Brazilian or other South American films were selected for the official lineup, a sharp change from 2025 when Brazil earned major prizes.
- Festival director Thierry Frémaux said big U.S. studios will be less present this year, citing a slowdown in Hollywood production.
- Park Chan-wook will preside over the Palme d'Or jury, and Barbra Streisand and Peter Jackson will receive honorary Palme d'Or awards.
- The festival runs May 12 to 23 in Cannes, with football documentaries and John Travolta's directing debut screening out of competition.