Cannes 2026 Additions Summary:

• Festival Details: 79th Cannes Film Festival (May 12–23, 2026). Jury President: Park Chan-wook.
• Competition: Now complete with 22 films. Latest addition: Paper Tiger by James Gray (starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller) — a gritty crime drama about two brothers.
• Un Certain Regard (4 new films):
• Victorian Psycho (Zachary Wigon)
• Mémoire de Fille (Judith Godrèche)
• Titanic Ocean (Konstantina Kotzamani) — also Closing Film
• Ulysse (Laetitia Masson)
• Cannes Première (5 new films): Includes works by Maria Martinez Bayona (The End of It, debut), Gessica Généus, Tiago Guedes, Christophe Honoré, and Géraldine Nakache.
• Special Screenings: 4–5 new titles, including Diego Luna’s Ashes, the animated film Tangles, and the documentary Groundswell.
• Quinzaine des Cinéastes: Late addition of Red Rocks by Bruno Dumont.

As announced at the press conference on April 9, here are the films that complete the Official Selection for the 79th Festival de Cannes 2026. Today’s additions—released with the laconic precision the Croisette demands—round out a lineup that was already trailing, and the additions are unlikely to change that fact. The festival runs from May 12 to 23, with Park Chan-wook presiding over the jury.

Cannes 2026 Competition

The big news, of course, is the arrival of Paper Tiger by James Gray in the main competition. Well, not really. For weeks, it had been the worst-kept secret on the festival circuit. Starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, Gray’s latest is supposedly a gritty crime drama about two brothers chasing the American dream. It completes the competition slate at 22 titles and gives the Palme d’Or race a heavyweight American contender alongside Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love.

Un Certain Regard

The official sidebar added four new entries today, one of them marked as a first feature.

• VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Zachary Wigon: A gothic horror-thriller set in Victorian England, starring Maika Monroe as a governess with some rather alarming psychopathic tendencies. Based on Virginia Feito’s novel, it arrives with a cast that also includes Jason Isaacs and Thomasin McKenzie — exactly the kind of elevated genre piece Un Certain Regard thinks will work, for some reason.
• MÉMOIRE DE FILLE (A Girl’s Story) by Judith Godrèche: The French actress and filmmaker brings what is described as a deeply personal work to the section.
• TITANIC OCEAN by Konstantina Kotzamani | 1st film: A debut that already sounds intriguingly ambitious or merely precious. The film will also serve as the Closing film of Un Certain Regard.
• ULYSSE by Laetitia Masson: Another addition that rounds out a strong French presence in the section, at least in quantity.

Cannes Première

This section, reserved for high-profile premieres that sit just outside the main competition, gets a boost with five titles, two of them debuts. The section dates back to 2021, and was then announced as a strand for directors who had already been to Cannes.

• THE END OF IT by Maria Martinez Bayona | 1st film
• MARIE MADELEINE (Mary Magdalene) by Gessica Généus
• AQUÍ by Tiago Guedes
• MARIAGE AU GOÛT D’ORANGE (Orange-Flavoured Wedding) by Christophe Honoré: A title that already has a certain playful ring to it. Whether it will ring true or not remains to be seen.
• SI TU PENSES BIEN by Géraldine Nakache

Special Screenings

The non-competitive yet prestigious Special Screenings strand welcomes four more works, including documentaries, animation, and several first features.

• SPRING by Rostislav Kirpičenko | 1st film
• ASHES by Diego Luna: The Mexican actor-director returns with a new project that will surely draw crowds.
• TANGLES by Leah Nelson | 1st film | Animation: Bringing some animated flair to the lineup.
• LE TRIANGLE D’OR by Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz | 1st film
• GROUNDSWELL by Joshua & Rebecca Tickell: A documentary that closes out this, not that particular engaging batch.of works.

These additions bring the total number of films announced today to around 16. They fill the remaining gaps left after the initial April 9 announcement and give the 2026 edition a sense of completion—while still leaving room for the usual last-minute surprises that Cannes loves to spring on us. Will there be room for Serenbrennikov’s Après? Only time will tell.

Whether you’re here for Gray’s long-rumoured heavyweight, Wigon’s Victorian chills, or the more intimate French and international stories filling out the other sections, the Croisette in May is once again bound to surprise or disappoint the crowd.

Breaking news from Quinzaine des Cinéastes

Today, Red Rocks by Bruno Dumont was added as a Special Screening in the section. The screening will be followed by a masterclass. Who the master in question is, haven’t been divulged thus far.