Overview
- Delegate general Thierry Frémaux and festival president Iris Knobloch will host the announcement in Paris.
- The 79th Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to run May 12–23 on the French Riviera.
- Park Chan-wook was recently named jury president for 2026, while the rest of the jury has yet to be announced.
- Trade reports, including Variety, list films from Ruben Östlund, Nicolas Winding Refn, Asghar Farhadi, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Steven Spielberg as possible entries, though none are confirmed.
- Cannes comes off a strong 2025 edition that fed the Oscars race, reinforcing the festival’s role as a key awards-season launchpad.