Guillermo del Toro presented a newly restored 4K version of Pan's Labyrinth at the Cannes Film Festival. The screening opened the Cannes Classics selection on May 12.
Del Toro recalled the original 2006 premiere, which ended with a record 23-minute standing ovation. He described the moment as the largest and most emotional applause of his career. The filmmaker credited Alfonso Cuarón with helping him accept the outpouring of support during the event in the Debussy Theatre.
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Spanish directors Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo received the best direction prize at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival for La bola negra, shared ex aequo with Pawel Pawlikowski for Fatherland. Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or for Fjord.
Guillermo del Toro is bringing a 4K restoration of his Oscar-winning film Pan's Labyrinth back to the Cannes Film Festival, 20 years after its world premiere there. The restored version will open the Cannes Classics sidebar. Del Toro, who supervised the restoration from the original 35mm negative, plans to attend the event.
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Guillermo del Toro was awarded a BFI Fellowship in London earlier this week. During a career talk at BFI Southbank on May 8, the filmmaker announced plans for a stop-motion adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Buried Giant.
Multiple films and directors were highlighted in recent festival coverage.
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The 79th Cannes Film Festival closed on Saturday evening with the Palme d'Or awarded to Cristian Mungiu for Fjord.
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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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.