The Festival’s Official Selection: Coming to a screen near you

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Atmosphere attend the "Her Private Hell" screening during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2026 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) © Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images

What if Cannes came to you?

From Friday, May 22 through Friday, May 29, for one week, the Festival de Cannes brings 28 films from its Official Selection to 19 cinemas across France. Pathé, mk2 and UGC come together with 267 screenings in 14 different cities and towns, giving everybody the chance to see the films that everyone’s talking about.

The line-up covers all areas of the Official Selection: 14 films In Competition, 3 Out of Competition, 4 Cannes Classics, 3 Un Certain Regard, 3 Special Screenings and 1 Cannes Première. From ambitious arthouse cinema to the Festival’s biggest breakthroughs, there’s truly something for all film lovers.

The film list:

In Competition – 14 films

FATHERLAND by Paweł Pawlikowski

GARANCE (ANOTHER DAY) by Jeanne Herry

NOTRE SALUT (A MAN OF HIS TIME)  by Emmanuel Marre

L’INCONNUE (THE UNKNOWN) by Arthur Harari

SOUDAIN (ALL OF A SUDDEN) by Hamaguchi Ryusuke

HISTOIRES DE LA NUIT (THE BIRTHDAY PARTY) by Léa Mysius

LA VIE D’UNE FEMME (A WOMAN’S LIFE) by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

THE MAN I LOVE by Ira Sachs

EL SER QUERIDO (THE BELOVED) by Rodrigo Sorogoyen

GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer

MINOTAUR by Andreï Zvyagintsev

NAGI NOTES by Fukada Koji

FJORD  by Cristian Mungiu

MOULIN by László NEMES

Out of Competition – 3 films

JIM QUEEN by Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané | First film (Midnight Screening)

HER PRIVATE HELL by Nicolas Winding Refn

ROMA ELASTICA by Bertrand Mandico (Midnight Screening)

Special Screenings – 3 films

LE TRIANGLE D’OR by Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz | First film

L’AFFAIRE MARIE-CLAIRE (WOMEN ON TRIAL) by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller

VESNA by Rostislav KIRPICENKO

Cannes Première – 1 film

SI TU PENSES BIEN (THINK GOOD) by Géraldine Nakache

Un Certain Regard – 3 films

QUELQUES MOTS D’AMOUR (WORDS OF LOVE) by Rudi Rosenberg

MÉMOIRE DE FILLE (A GIRL’S STORY) by Judith Godrèche

CONGO BOY by Rafiki FARIAL

Cannes Classics – 4 films

MOONLIGHTING by Jerzy Skolimowski

BA WANG BIE JI (FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE) by Chen Kaige

UNE VIE MANIFESTE (A LIFE, A MANIFESTO) by Jean-Gabriel Periot

SUGATA SANSHIRO (SANSHIRO SUGATA) by Akira Kurosawa

Each cinema chain brings its own unique take to the screenings.

Pathé opens the show from Friday, May 22 for one weekend in 10 theatres with 13 films from the line-up.

UGC is showing the selection at 7 theatres until Tuesday, May 26, with 15 films on the billing.

Lastly, mk2 has a schedule of 21 films throughout the week. Five of these screenings will take place in the presence of the filmmakers, allowing unique interactions between the audience and the film teams.

This rerun of the Official Selection will conclude at the Saint-Germain-des-Prés cinema, which, to celebrate its reopening, will screen a selection of 11 films—from the Competition and Un Certain Regard to Out of Competition titles and Special Screenings—from Wednesday, June 3 to Sunday, June 7.

After this first week, the Official Selection will also showcase the Un Certain Regard films, from Wednesday, May 27 to Tuesday, June 2, at mk2, UGC and Dulac cinemas and from Wednesday, June 10 to Tuesday, June 16 at Pathé cinemas.

The evening of Tuesday, June 2 will be dedicated to the short films in Competition, as well as the winning student films from the La Cinef Selection, which will be shown at the Cinéma du Panthéon.

And from mid-June, Pathé Les Fauvette will offer a selection of Cannes Classics films, to discover or rediscover classic cinema under a new light.

► FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SCREENINGS, VISIT THE PATHÉ, mk2 et UGC SITES.