2026 Cannes Film Festival

Festival de Cannes

12–23 May 2026 · Cannes, France

242 films across 14 sections · 47 prizes

  • Opened with The Electric Kiss
Next edition: May 11–22, 2027

Palme d'Or

Fjord

Cristian Mungiu

Venues 1

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The festival's main hall. Its programme names the films, not the rooms.

The prizes

In Competition

Palme d'Or

Fjord Cristian Mungiu

Grand Prix

Minotaur Andrey Zvyagintsev

Jury Prize

The Dreamed Adventure Valeska Grisebach

Best Director

La bola negra Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi

Fatherland Paweł Pawlikowski

Best Actress

All of a Sudden Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto

Best Actor

Coward Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagne

Best Screenplay

A Man of His Time Emmanuel Marre

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Prize

Everytime Sandra Wollner

Jury Prize

Elephants in the Fog Abinash Bikram Shah

Special Jury Prize

Iron Boy Louis Clichy

Best Actress

Forever Your Maternal Animal Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira, Mariangel Villegas

Best Actor

Congo Boy Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset

Caméra d'Or

Caméra d'Or : Ben'Imana by Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo

Short Films Competition

Short Film Palme d'Or

For the Opponents Federico Luis

Cinéfondation

First Prize

Laser-Cat Lucas Acher (NYC

Second Prize

Silent Voices Nadine Misong Jin (Columbia University

Third Prize

Never Enough Julius Lagoutte Larsen (La Fémis

Growing Stones, Flying Papers Roozbeh Gezerseh, Soraya Shamsi (Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg

Immersive Competition

Katábasis Ugo Arsac

The Black Mirror Experience Special Mention:, David Bardos, Damià Ferràndiz

Honorary Palme d'Or

Peter Jackson

Barbra Streisand

John Travolta

FIPRESCI Prize

In Competition

Fjord Cristian Mungiu

Un Certain Regard

Ben'Imana Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo

Parallel sections

A Girl Unknown Zou Jing

Critics' Week

Grand Prize

La Gradiva Marine Atlan

Rising Star Award

Alive Aina Clotet

Award for Distribution

A Girl Unknown Zou Jing

SACD Award

Dua Blerta Basholli, Nicole Borgeat

Canal+ Award for Short Film

"Vaterland" or a Bule Named Yanto Berthold Wahjudi

Discovery Prize for Short Film

Skinny Boots Romain F. Dubois

Directors' Fortnight

Audience Award

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Clio Barnard

Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film

Too Many Beasts Sarah Arnold

SACD Prize for Best French Film

Shana Shana Pinell

' Carrosse d'Or: Claire Denis

L'Œil d'or

Golden Eye

Rehearsals for a Revolution Pegah Ahangarani

Special Jury Prize

Tin Castle Alexander Murphy

Queer Palm

Best Film

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Jane Schoenbrun

Discovery Prize

Flesh and Fuel Pierre Le Gall

Best Short Film

Silent Voices Nadine Misong Jin

Prix François Chalais

François Chalais Prize

Fjord Cristian Mungiu

Cannes Soundtrack Award

Minotaur Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine

Bitter Christmas Alberto Iglesias

CST Award for Best Artist-Technician

A Man of His Time Nicolas Rumpl

CST Award for Best Young Female Artist-Technician

The Birthday Party Esther Mysius

Prix de la Citoyenneté

Citizenship Prize

Fjord Cristian Mungiu

A Man of His Time Special Mention:, Emmanuel Marre

Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai

AFCAE Art House Cinema Award

A Man of His Time Emmanuel Marre

Prix du Cinéma Positif

Positive Cinema Prize

Coward Lukas Dhont

Palm Dog

Palm Dog Award

La Perra Yuri

Trophée Chopard

Male Revelation of the Year

Connor Swindells

Female Revelation of the Year

Odessa A'zion

In Competition 22

Out of Competition 13

Un Certain Regard 19

Cannes Premiere 10

Special Screenings 14

Short Films Competition 10

Cinéfondation 19

Cannes Classics 38

Restored Prints

Peleshyan Project

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Special Screenings - Short Films

Documentaries about Cinema

Cinéma de la Plage 11

Immersive Competition 9

Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique) 32

Special Screenings

Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) 30

ACID 9

Cannes Écrans Juniors 8