Austrian filmmaker Sandra Wollner’s third feature Everytime has won the top Jury Prize in the Cannes Un Certain Regard section. The drama follows a family dealing with loss after a deadly incident involving the eldest daughter.
The film centers on a family trip to Tenerife a year after the tragedy. The mother, younger sister and the daughter’s boyfriend confront blame and forgiveness as past and present overlap during the holiday that never took place.
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Cristian Mungiu's Fjord claimed the Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night. The win marks the director's second top prize and extends Neon's streak of consecutive victories to seven. Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve star in the English-language drama about a Romanian-Norwegian immigrant family.
Judith Godrèche premiered her first feature film at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18. The adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel explores a young woman’s sexual awakening in 1950s France.
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Norway’s Joachim Trier won the best international feature Oscar for Sentimental Value at the 2026 Academy Awards. The film, about a director and his dysfunctional family starring Stellan Skarsgård, marks the third consecutive win for a Cannes competition entry. Trier used his acceptance speech to reference James Baldwin and urge responsibility toward children.
Volker Schlondorff has returned to the Cannes Film Festival with Visitation, his new film that traces two German summer houses across a century.
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On May 13 2026 the Cannes red carpet welcomed numerous celebrities for the screening of the film La Vie d’une femme.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival kicked off in France with an opening ceremony at the Grand Théâtre Lumière. French-Malian actress Eye Haïdara led proceedings that introduced the international jury and screened the opening film.
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Marie Kreutzer's new drama Gentle Monster screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Léa Seydoux as a mother confronting her husband's secret life involving child pornography.