Cannes Film Festival 2026

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Crescendo and The Electric Kiss
Crescendo (L’Objet Du Delit) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Agnès Jaoui; Writer: Agnès Jaoui; Stars: Agnès Jaoui, Daniel Auteuil, Eye Haïdara, Claire Chust, Oussama Kheddam, Lucie Gallo, Tiphaine Daviot, Maxime Pambet, Loic Legendre, Vincenzo Amato, Patrick Mille, Hervé Pierre, Emmanuel Salinger, Jacques Weber)
Satire sees the cast of an opera rocked by an accusation of sexual assault.
World premiere
De Gaulle: Résistance (La Battalie De Gaulle: L’Âge De Fer) (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Antonin Baudry; Writer: Bérénice Vila, Antonin Baudry; Stars: Simon Abkarian, Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur, Benoît Magimel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Loïc Corbery, Anamaria Vartolomei, Niels Schneider, Félix Kysyl, Karim Leklou, Tom Mison, Kacey Mottet Klein, Thierry Lhermitte, Campbell Scott)
The story of Charles de Gaulle's rise to power.
World premiere
Diamond (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Andy Garcia; Stars: Brendan Fraser, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Patrick, Vicky Krieps)
Film noir about a man with an uncanny ability to be able to solve crime.
World premiere
The Electric Kiss (La Venus électrique) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Pierre Salvadori; Writer: Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Benjamin Charbit; Stars: Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Vimala Pons, Gustave Kervern, Patrice Tépasso)
A grieving artist tries to reconnect with his dead wife via a clairvoyant, who is in fact a penniless performer who has cooked up a ruse.
Opening film. World premiere
Her Private Hell (Country: US, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; Writer: Nicolas Winding Refn, Esti Giordani; Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Kristine Froseth, Havana Rose Liu, Diego Calva, Dougray Scott, Shioli Kutsuna, Charles Melton, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Aoi Yamada, Boy Ewald, Jason Hendil-Forssell)
Thriller. A woman hunts for her father as a mysterious mist engulfs their city.
World premiere
De Gaulle: Résistance De Gaulle: Résistance
De Gaulle: Résistance and Madame
Karma (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Guillaume Canet; Writer: Guillaume Canet, Simon Jacquet; Stars: Marion Cotillard, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Luis Zahera, Anne Le Forestier, Denis Ménochet, Alain Blazquez, Ferran Font Benito, Stivell Perot)
Psychological thriller about a woman who becomes the main suspect in her godson's disappearance.
World premiere
L’Abandon (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Vincent Garenq; Writer: Vincent Garenq, Alexis Kebbas; Stars: Emmanuelle Bercot, Nedjim Bouizzoul)
Drama about lead up to the murder of French school teacher Samuel Paty.
World premiere
Madame (Le Triangle d'Or, The Golden Triangle) (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz; Writer: Pauline Guéna, Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz; Stars: Malou Khebizi, Soundos Mosbah, Ziad Bakri, Kassem Al Khoja, Ranny)
Laura works for Souria in a luxurious Paris mansion. Souria, kept by a Saudi prince, awaits his visits. As Laura adapts to this world of wealth and surveillance, the women bond. But Laura senses danger closing in on them both.
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