The Alumni 2026

REVEALED AT LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE, BACK AT CANNES IN 2026! 

OFFICIAL COMPETITION 

NOTRE SALUT by Emmanuel Marre (Zero Fucks Given, First feature film - 2021)

HISTOIRE DE LA NUIT by Léa Mysius (Ava, First feature film - 2017)

LA VIE D’UNE FEMME by Charline Bourgeois-Taquet (Anaïs in Love, First feature film - 2021)

As well as two previous Jury presidents Cristian Mungiu (60th edition, 2021) and Rodrigo Sorogoyen (64th edition, 2025)

MIDNIGHT SCREENING

ROMA ELASTICA by Bertrand Mandico (Ultra Pulpe, Short film - 2018)

FULL PHIL by Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Second feature film - 2010)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO by Valentina Maurel (Lucia en el limbo, Short film 2019)

TITANIC OCEAN by Konstantina Kotzamani (Limbo, Short film - 2016 / Next Step II project )

SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL COMPETITION

PARA LOS CONTRINCANTES by Federico Luis (Simon of the mountain, First feature film - 2024)

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE 

LA DEUXIÈME FILLE (A Girl Unknown) by ZOU Jing (Duo Li, Short film - 2021 / Next Step prize)

I THINK YOU SHOULD BE HERE by Elie Grappe (Olga, First feature film - 2021)

DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT

A LA RECHERCHE DE L’OISEAU GRIS AUX RAYURES VERTES (Short film) by Saïd Hamich (Across the Sea, Second feature film - 2024)

LE VERTIGE by Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Second feature film - 2010)

DORA de Jung July (About Kim Sohee, Second feature film - 2022)