One of the talking points around the Cannes Film Festival’s 2026 edition is the absence of big U.S. studio titles making their way to the French Riviera this year.
The U.S. is represented instead by Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love in Competition; Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death At Camp Miasma and Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid in Un Certain Regard; Andy Garcia’s Diamond Out of Competition; John Travolta’s Propeller One-Way Night Coach in Cannes Premiere, and Special Screenings for Steven Soderbergh’s John Lennon: The Last Interview and Ron Howard’s Avedon, with expectations high that James Gray’s Paper Tiger could still make the cut.
Talking to Deadline after the announcement of the bulk of the 2026 Official Selection in Paris on Thursday, Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux suggested this year’s trend was a reflection of the current state of Hollywood but that he expects the studio execs to be
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