Overview
- The Festival de Cannes, which unveiled its 2026 selection Thursday, confirmed three Spanish films — Amarga Navidad, La bola negra and El ser querido — in Competition for the Palme d'Or.
- South Korean director Park Chan-wook will lead the main jury at the May 12–23 festival.
- Organizers highlighted an auteur-driven slate featuring Asghar Farhadi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Paweł Pawlikowski, with few major Hollywood studio titles.
- Barbra Streisand and Peter Jackson will receive honorary Palmes d'Or.
- Cannes Première will host John Travolta's directing debut, Propeller One-Way Night Coach, and Argentina's only official selection, the documentary El partido, in the non-competitive showcase.