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\n\tThe\u00a0Cannes Film Festival 2026 lineup\u00a0is taking shape in front of the world\u2019s eyes in Paris on Thursday. Artistic director Thierry Fr\u00e9maux, with president Iris Knobloch by his side, is unveiling the official selection, the favored Un Certain Regard sidebar and other parts of this system for the 79th edition of the world\u2019s biggest film festival during a press conference within the French capital.<\/p>\n
\n\tLast week, Cannes unveiled that its 2026 edition would open with Pierre Salvadori\u2019s Nineteen Twenties-set\u00a0La V\u00e9nus \u00e9lectrique<\/em> (The Electric Kiss<\/em>) on May 12, following the opening ceremony hosted by actress Eye Ha\u00efdara. It also unveiled the world premiere of John Travolta\u2019s directorial debut,\u00a0Propeller One-Way Night Coach<\/em>,\u00a0within the Cannes Premiere Selection.<\/p>\n \n\tJafar Panahi\u2019s It Was Just an Accident<\/em> won last 12 months\u2019s Cannes Palme d\u2019Or. South Korean\u00a0director Park Chan-wook, the acclaimed filmmaker behind\u00a0Oldboy<\/em>,\u00a0The Handmaiden<\/em> and\u00a0No Other Choic<\/em>e, will probably be the jury president at Cannes 2026, heading up the group that may select the winner of this 12 months\u2019s Palme d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n \n\tGiven the importance of the festival for the independent circuit and awards season \u2013 Oscar nominees and winners Sentimental Value<\/em>, It Was Just an Accident<\/em>, The Secret Agent<\/em>, and S\u00eerat<\/em> all premiered in Cannes last 12 months \u2014 distributors and audiences will probably be combing the 2026 selection for signs of this 12 months\u2019s breakouts.<\/p>\n \n\tAmongst big names already lined up for Cannes, Recent Zealand filmmaker and The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0director Peter Jackson will receive an honorary Palme d\u2019Or in recognition of his life\u2019s work at this 12 months\u2019s\u00a0festival, as will actress\/singer\/director and EGOT winner Barbra Streisand. The 79th annual Cannes Film Festival runs May 12-23.<\/p>\n \n\tAmong the many names which were suggested for this 12 months\u2019s fest, as reported by THR<\/em>, are the likes of Joel Cohen, Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Asghar Farhadi, Marie Kreutzer, Takashi Miike, Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski, Valeska Grisebach, Radu Jude, Lars von Trier, July Jung, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Lukas Dhont and Werner Herzog. Meanwhile, a number of the 12 months\u2019s most anticipated titles expected to skip the Croisette are Steven Spielberg\u2019s\u00a0Disclosure Day<\/em>, Pixar\u2019s\u00a0Toy Story 5<\/em>, Lucasfilm\u2019s\u00a0The Mandalorian & Grogu<\/em>\u00a0and Christopher Nolan\u2019s\u00a0The Odyssey<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tKnobloch began off by highlighting that \u201cthe news coming from all world wide is all but reassuring.\u201d So, why organize a movie festival during such a \u201ctime of great uncertainty\u201d? She highlighted: \u201cCannes was born at a time of great uncertainty, in 1939.\u201d Gathering filmmakers back then \u201cwas not a luxury, it was a necessity\u201d to showcase the \u201ccapability to dream\u201d and humans at their best, she said. And Knobloch highlighted the necessity for an area of freedom and an area that provides visibility to people and essential issues. <\/p>\n \n\tWithin the age of AI and major conflicts, she also called Cannes \u201ca milestone within the hurricane, not a closed fortress but a spot where the values usually are not adjusting in response to the wind.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tFr\u00e9maux, early on within the press conference, argued that \u201cthe language of cinema has won\u201d after worries concerning the death of cinema, suggesting that even on social media, it was alive and well. Cannes programmers have been busy watching movies, with 2,541 features submitted this 12 months from 141 countries, he also highlighted, mentioning that the submissions are up by 1,000 from 10 years ago.<\/p>\n \n\tFollow along as this post is updated with key movies from known auteurs, emerging voices, and latest names.<\/p>\n \n\tScott Roxborough contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0Cannes Film Festival 2026 lineup\u00a0is taking shape in front of the world\u2019s eyes in Paris on Thursday. 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