Cannes Film Festival to Unveil 2026 Lineup in April

Mar 4, 2026 9:36am PT Cannes Film Festival to Unveil 2026 Lineup in April By Elsa Keslassy Plus Icon Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent @elsakeslassy Latest Berlinale Head Tricia Tuttle to Stay in Place as Festival Weighs Government ‘Recommendations’ Such as ‘Code of Conduct’ After Gaza Row 3 hours ago Lea Drucker Joins Voice Cast of French Comic-Book Adaptation ‘Blaise’ From ‘Silex and the City’ Director 5 hours ago Banijay and All3Media Strike Merger Deal to Form Multi-Billion Dollar Production Group 1 day ago See All © Antonin Thuillier / AFP The Cannes Film Festival will unveil the lineup of its 79th edition on April 9 at a press conference in Paris hosted by the festival’s president Iris Knobloch and general delegate Thierry Fremaux. The next edition will take place May 12-23 with a jury presided over by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook who will be succeeding Juliette Binoche. Some of the high profile films that could be in the pipeline include Ruben Östlund’s “The Entertainment System Is Down” with Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst; Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Her Private Hell” starring Charles Melton and Sophie Thatcher; Asghar Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales” starring Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert; Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Digger” starring Tom Cruise” and Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” starring  Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor. Popular on Variety After a banner 2025 that saw the Palme d’Or-winning “Anora” sweep five Academy Awards, Cannes reclaimed once again its reputation as the leading launchpad for international movies in the Oscars race. Joachim Trier‘s “Sentimental Value,” Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent,” Oliver Laxe’s “Sirat” and three more Croisette alumni garnered a total of 19 nominations across 12 categories at this year’s Oscars. Jump to Comments Jennifer Hudson on the End of ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’: ‘I Wish Her the Absolute Best’ Tig Notaro on Sleeping Through the Oscar Nominations: ‘With My CPAP Machine Tubes Coming Out of My Head’ and Honoring Her Friend in ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Lukas Gage on Playing Pamela Anderson’s Son in ‘Rosebush Pruning’: ‘She Stayed in Character the Whole Time Giving Me Gifts as My Mom’ Is ‘Sinners’ Winning Best Picture? Michael B. Jordan’s Victory at the Actor Awards Sets the Movie Up for Oscars Glory Jodie Foster, Chelsea Clinton and Ava DuVernay to Speak at the Making Their Mark Foundation Women’s History Month Symposium (EXCLUSIVE) Gordon Ramsay on His Netflix Doc Series and Never Cooking for His Abusive, Alcoholic Father: ‘Maybe That’s a Good Thing’ JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...