The Romanian master filmmaker Cristian Mungiu moves away from a backdrop he knows far too well to explore the family unit way further up north.
French director Arthur Harari might be best known as the co-writer of Anatomy of a Fall, but prior to that he saw 2013’s Peine perdue land at the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week and his 2021’s Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle open the Un Certain Regard section.
Another first time filmmaker to the competition but no stranger to Cannes, South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin has showcased 2008’s The Chaser (Midnight Screening), 2010’s The Yellow Sea (Un Certain Regard) and 2016’s The Wailing (Out of Competition) in the past.
Among the least known filmmakers in the comp, the cinema of Jeanne Herry usually focuses on themes of care, custody and institutional responsibility, emotional repair and human connection, and looking at the construction of truth.
Four films in and his second trip to the Cannes competition section, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes began his career by winning the Grand Prix for Son of Saul (2015).
The last minute addition to the competition line-up (we imagine it was the pending Neon deal) James Gray is no stranger to the competition section in Cannes making his six trip there today.
In a cinema that has worked with themes of escalating moral and psychological pressures, corruption of institutions and personal ethics, with a dash of emotional obsession and destructive intimacy, Rodrigo Sorogoyen makes his first trip to the competition section with The Beloved.
The VIP jacket wearing Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of Cannes’ most regular presences, with seven films selected over the years and one Palme d’Or under his belt.
From Austria, Marie Kreutzer breaks into the Palme d’Or competition for a very first time after having competed in the Un Certain Regard section (and winning) for 2022’s Corsage.
European Film Market & Co-Production Market May 18, 2026: South Africa to be Celebrated as ’s “Country in Focus” at the Berlinale 2027 South Africa has been selected as the “Country in Focus” for the upcoming edition of the