#Cannes2026 Wish List

What's New, March 25- El Deshielo by Manuela Martinelli.

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As the date of the lineup announcement press conference is known, April 9 at 11:00am Paris time, the Cannes guessing game is open for a bit more than one month and the Wish List is made out of cinema industry's buzz and fuzz.

This year will do a list with movies by continents and in each continent in complete mixture.  The mix will contain Cannes major contenders, potential contenders and those more likely will go to Venice or elsewhere.

But as some of you recall, truly this is a list of films that will become available to watch during 2026 and 2027 and as always, there are many films that in paper look fantastic with very well-known directors and a showcase of many of my favorite directors like Reygadas, Almodovar, Farhadi, Bagalov, Moretti, Palmason, Hamaguchi among a few more.

Let's remember that when Cannes is said, it means all Cannes, including parallel and independent sections; so, it is not only films that will be in the main competition.

List will be updated as soon as there status info for films so check as much as you wish to find latest updates.

The List (of Films we will be able to see ... eventually)

Europe

The Nordics
Á landi og sjó (On Land and Sea) Hlynur Palmason, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France and Finland (seem will not be ready for Cannes) 
After, Lars von Trier, Denmark
Fjord, Cristian Mungiu, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France and Romania (Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan)
Garrat du Váimmu (Brace Your Heart), Amanda Kernell, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Bulgaria
Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn, USA and Denmark
Kvinde, Ukendt (Woman, Unknown), May el-Toukhy, Denmark, Estonia, Sweden and Latvia
Pigedyr (Girl Beast), Selma Sunniva (Lars von Trier daughter), Denmark and France (Trine Dyrholm)
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands, Nathalie Alvarez Mesen, Sweden, UK, Belgium and Iceland (Alexander Skarsgard)
Weird Elliot, Johannes Nyholm, Sweden and Netherlands

The French
Après, Kirill Serebrennikov, France (Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Fanny Ardant)
Butterflay Jam, Kantemir Balagov, France, Germany and Belgium (Riley Keough, Barry Keoghan)
Calle Me Queen, Emily Atef, France, Germany, UK and Kenya
Changer l’eau des fleurs (Violette), Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Italy and France (Matthias Schoenaerts, Leila Bekhti)
Demain Je Tombe Amoureux (Love Lessons), Martin Provost, France (Fabrice Lucchini, Chiara Mastorianni, Emmanuelle Devos and Carole Bouquet)
Fief, Thomas Vernay, France
Full Phil, Quentin Dupieux, France and USA (Kristen Stewart, Woody Harrelson)
Garance, Jeanne Herry, France (Adèle Exarchopoulos)
Haut Costume (The Costume), Corneliu Porumboiu, France, Germany and Romania (2027?)
Histoires de la Nuit (The Birthday Party), Léa Mysius, France (Hafsia Herzi, Monica Bellucci)
Histoires parallèles (Parallel Tales), Asghar Farhadi, France, Belgium, USA, and Italy (Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Cassel, Virginie Efira)
J'oublierai ton nom (I'll Forget Your Name), Yann Gonzalez, France and Switzerland (Vanessa Paradis)
Journal d'une femme de chambre (The Diary of a Chambermaid), Radu Jude, France and Romania (Mélanie Thierry) (2027?)
Jupiter, Alexandre Smia, France (1st film)
Karma, Guillaume Canet, France (Marion Cotillard)
La Bataille De Gaulle: L'âge de fer (De Gaulle: Tiltin Iron - Part 1), Antonin Baudry, France
La Chaleur, Stéphane Demoustier, France, Italy and Belgium
La Gradiva, Marine Atlan, France and Italy (1st film)
La Más Dulce, Laïla Marrakchi, France, Spain, Morocco and Belgium
La Vénus électrique (The Electric Kiss), Pierre Salvador, France and Belgium (Anaïs Demoustier)
Leila et la Nuit, Fellipe Barbosa, France, Brazil, Morocco (Marina Fois, Roschdy Zem)
L'Inconnue (The Unknown), Arthur Harari, France (Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider)
L'Une des leurs (One of Them) Marie Rosselet-Ruiz, France and Belgium (1st film)
Le Triangle d'Or, Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz, France (1st film)
Les derniers jours de R.M. (The Last Days of R.M.), Amin Sidi-Boumediene, Algeria and France
Les roches rouges (Red Rocks), Bruno Dumont, France, Portugal, Italy and Belgium
Mariage au goût d'orange, Christophe Honoré, France (for 2027?)
Mémoire de fille (A Girl's Story), Judith Godrèche, Belgium and France
Milo, Nicole Garcia, France (Marion Cotillard)
Minotaur, Andrei Zvyagintsev, France, Germany and Latvia
Moulin, László Nemes, France (Gilles Lelouche, Lars Eidinger)
Notre Salut, Emmanuel Marre, Belgium and France
Roma Elastica, Bertrand Mandico, Italy and France (Marion Cotillard, Noémie Merlant)
Soudain (All of the Sudden), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Japan, France, Belgium and Germany (Virginie Efira)
Un Bon Petit Soldat (A Good Little Soldier), Stéphane Brizé, France (Alba Rohrwacher)

Other European Countries
1949, Pawel Palikowski, Italy, Poland, Germany and France (Sandra Hüller) (2027?) (latest: Is ready and coming to Cannes)
A Long Winter, Andrew Haigh, UK and Canada (Catriona Balfe)
Amarga Navidad (Bitter Christmas), Pedro Almodóvar, Spain
Bloody Tennis, Nikias Chryssos, Germany
Bucking Fastards, Werner Herzog, Ireland and USA (Rooney and Kate Mara)
Bunker, Florian Zeller, France and Spain (Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Patrick Schwarzenegger)
Chork, Shane Meadows, UK
Coward, Lukas Dhont, Belgium, France and Netherlands
Das geträumte Abenteuer (The Dreamed Adventure), Valeska Grisebach, Germany, France, Bulgaria and Austria
El Ser Querido (The Beloved), Rodrigo Sororgoyen, Spain and France (Javier Bardem)
Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer, Austria, Germany and France (Catherine Deneuve, Léa Seydoux)
Goliath, Lorcan Finnegan, Ireland
Hot Spot, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Poland, Greece, Sweden and Norway (Noomi Rapace)
I See Buildings Fall Like Lighting, Clio Barnard, UK
Il rumore delle cose nuove, Paolo Genovese, Italy (Stefano Accorci)
Ink, Danny Boyle, UK (Claire Foy, Guy Pearce)
La Bola Negra (The Black Ball), Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (los Javi), Spain and France (Glenn Close, Penélope Cruz)
Let Love In, Felix Van Groeningen, Belgium and Italy (Luca Marinelli)
Out of This World, Albert Serra, Spain, France, Germany, Latvia and Portugal (1st English-Language - Riley Keough)
Succederà questa notte (It Will Happen Tonight), Nanni Moretti, Italy, France and Spain (Louis Garrel, Jasmine Trinca)
Sweetsick, Alice Birch, UK and Greece (Cate Blanchett)
Switzerland, Anton Corbijn, Switzerland, Australia and Italy (Helen Mirren)
The Entertainment System is Down, Ruben Östlund, Sweden, Germany, and France (Kirsten Dunst, Keanu Reeves) (2027?- industry press confirmed not ready for Cannes)
The Idiots, Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englet, UK (Vicky Krieps)
The Lost Childdren of Tuam, Frank Berry, Ireland and USA
Tower Stories (aka Lucca Mortis), Peter Greenway, UK, USA. Switzeland and China (Dustin Hoffman, Helen Hunt)
Toxic, Jessica Hausner, Austria, France and UK (2027?)

Asia

9 วัดสู่สวรรค์ 9 Wat Su Sawana (9 Temples To Heaven), Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Thailand
Arrested Memory, Sabu, Japan and Taiwan
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, Takashi Miike, UK, USA and Japan (Lily James)
腹喜 Fuxi: Joy in Four Chapters, Qiu Jiongjiong, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, France and Qatar
가능한 사랑 Ganeunghan Sarang (Possibe Love), Lee Chang-dong, France, USA and South Korea (Netflix)
군체 Gunche (Colony), Yeon Sang-Ho, South Korea
箱の中の羊  Hako no Naka no Hitsuji ( Sheep in The Box), Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
호프 Hope, Na Hong-jin, South Korea (Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender)
黒牢城 Kokurojo, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan
Laut Bercerita (The Sea Speaks His Name), Yosep Anggi Noen, Indonesia
ルックバック Look Back, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
المشاريع المختارة Qitar al-Sharq al-Bati (Orient Adagio), Maha Haj, Italy, Palestine and France
가능한 사랑 Silnakwon (Paradise Lost), Yeon Sang-ho, South Korea (2027?)
告別的年代 The Age of Goodbyes, Edmund Yeo, Malayasia and Taiwan
初次尝到寂寞 The First Taste of Loneliness, Gu Xiaogang, China
主权 Trinity, Boo Junfeng, France, Taiwan, Poland and Greece
Wolves, Rami Kodeih, Lebanon and Brazil

Oceania
It's All Going Very Well No Problems At All, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Australia
Sweet Milk Lake, Harvey Zielinski, Australia

Africa
Asad (Lion), Mohamed Diab, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Don't Let The Sun Come Up On Me, Asmae El Moudir, Morocco, France, Chile and Denmark (documentary)
Mimesis, Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia and France (2027?)
Vagabonds, Amartei Armar, Ghana and France

America

Non-English America

Circles, Michel Franco, Mexico and Israel
Contra el Huracán, Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico (Netflix...)
El Deshielo (The Meltdown), Manuela Martelli, Argentina, France, and Chile
El Puma, Marcela Said, Chile, France and Spain
Estela de Sombra (Wake of Umbra), Carlos Reygadas, Mexico, Poland, Norway, Denmark, and Switzerland
Glaxo, Bejamin Naishtat, Argentina and Brazil
Hombre al Agua, Gael García Bernal, Mexico
La Libertad Doble (Double Freedom), Lisandro Alonso, France and Argentina
La Perra, Dominga Sotomayor, Chile and Brazil
Madre Pájaro (Awaiting Birds), Sofia Quirós, Costa Rica, Argentina, France, Spain and Norway 
Matarifes (Butchers), Rafael and Bernardo Antonaccio, Uruguay
México 86, Gabriel Ripstein, Mexico (Diego Luna - Netflix ...)

English America

Alpha Gang, David and Nathan Zellner, USA (Cate Blanchett and Léa Seydoux)
Being Heumann, Sian Heder, USA (Mark Ruffalo)
Blood on Snow, Cary Fukunaga, USA (Benedict Cumberbatch)
Brides, Chloe Okuno, USA
Digger, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico, UK and USA  (Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Tom Cruise) - industry press betting will go to Venice
Disclosure Day, Steven Spelberg, USA  (Emily Blunt, Colin Firth) - industry press says is NOT going to Cannes - Fremaux says maybe
Dune: Part Three, Denis Villeneuve, USA 
Everest North, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, USA (documentary)
Here Comes The Flood, Fernando Meirelles, USA (Denzel Washington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Robert Pattinson)
Jack of Spades, Joel Coen, USA (Josh O'Connor, Frances McDormand)
October, Jeremy Saulnier, USA
Paper Tiger, James Gray, USA (Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson) - in doubt of going to Cannes ... was it rejection?
Place To Be, Kornél Mundruczó, USA, Australia, Singapore, India and Canada (Pamela Anderson, Ellen Burstyn)
Polaris, Lynne Ramsay, USA (Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara) (1927?)
Reptilia, Alejando Landes, USA, Colombia and Spain (Kirsten Dunst, Mikey Madison)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun, USA (Gillian Anderson)
The Adventures of Cliff Booth, David Fincher, USA (Brad Pitt)
The Basics of Philosophy, Paul Schrader, USA (Bill Pullman) - Venice?
The Death of Robin Hood, Michael Sarnoski, USA (Hugh Jackman)
The End of Oak Street, David Robert Mitchell, USA (Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor)
The Man I Love, Ira Sachs, USA 
The Way of the Wind, Terrence Malick, USA  (Matthias Schoenaerts) - film is in limbo ...
Werwulf, Robert Eggers, US
Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh, UK and USA