Overview
- Cannes, which opens Tuesday, presents an auteur‑driven slate with no big‑budget studio premieres for the first time since 2017.
- Festival leaders and industry sources say studios want to avoid months‑early reviews that can shape a film’s fate outside their control.
- Veteran publicists also point to seven‑figure travel and security costs in Cannes and release calendars that do not line up with a May premiere.
- The lineup still includes U.S. indies in competition with James Gray’s Paper Tiger and Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love, plus a Fast & Furious 25th‑anniversary screening with original cast.
- Thierry Frémaux said Monday he hopes studios return as Cannes refocuses on international auteurs and its global film market continues to draw thousands of industry professionals.