#Cannes2026 Wish List

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 say, it means all Cannes, including parallel and independent sections; so, it is not only films that will be in the main competition.

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 and 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
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 Serebrenikko, France (Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Fanny Ardant)
Butterflay Jam, Kantemir Balagov, France, Germany and Belgium (Riley Keough, Barry Keoghan) 
Changer l’eau des fleurs (Violette), Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Italy and France (Matthias Schoenaerts, Leila Bekhti)
Fief, Thomas Vernay, France
Full Phil, Quentin Dupieux, France and USA (Kristen Stewart, Woody Harrelson)
Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer, Austria, Germany and France (Catherine Deneuve, Léa Seydoux)
Haut Costume (The Costume), Corneliu Porumboiu, France, Germany and Romania
Histoires de la Nuit, Léa Mysius, France (Hafsia Herzi, Monica Bellucci)
Histoires parallèles (Parallel Tales), Asghar Farhadi, France, Belgium 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)
Karma, Guillaume Canet, France (Marion Cotillard)
La Bataille De Gaulle: L'âge de fer (De Gaulle: Tiltin Iron - Part 1), Antonin Baudry, France
La Más Dulce, Laïla Marrakchi, France, Spain, Morocco and Belgium
Leila et la Nuit, Fellipe Barbosa, France, Brazil, Morocco (Marina Fois, Roschdy Zem)
L'Inconnue (The Unknown), Arthur Harari, France (Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider)
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)
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)
Goliath, Lorcan Finnegan, Ireland
Hot Spot, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Poland, Greece, Sweden and Norway (Noomi Rapace)
I See Buildings Fall Like Lighting, Clio Barnard, UK
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?)
The Lost Childdren of Tuam, Frank Berry, Ireland and USA
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
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
Vagabonds, Amartei Armar, Ghana and France

America

Non-English America

Circles, Michel Franco, Mexico and Israel
El Puma, Marcela Said, Chile, France and Spain
Estela de Sombra (Wake of Umbra), Carlos Reygadas, Mexico, Poland, Norway, Denmark, and Switzerland 
La Libertad Doble (Double Freedom), Lisandro Alonso, France and Argentina
Madre Pájaro (Awaiting Birds), Sofia Quirós, Costa Rica, Argentina, France, Spain and Norway 

English America

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)
Disclosure Day, Steven Spelberg, USA  (Emily Blunt, Colin Firth)
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)
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)
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)
Werwulf, Robert Eggers, US
Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh, UK and USA