The awards are the Palme d’or, the Grand Prix, the Jury Prize, the Best Director, the Best Screenplay, the Best Performance by an Actress, and the Best Performance by an Actor. They will be presented by Geena Davis, Xavier Dolan, Pierfrancesco Favino, Gael García Bernal, Nadine Labaki, and Zoe Saldaña.

The Palme d’or of the 79th Festival de Cannes, which will crown the list of award winners, will be presented by Scottish actress Tilda Swinton.

The 22 films in competition for the 2026 Palme d’or are: Amarga Navidad by Pedro Almodóvar, A Woman’s Life by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, La Bola Negra by Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi, Coward by Lukas Dhont, Parallel Tales by Asghar Farhadi, Paper Tiger by James Gray, Das Geträumte Abenteuer (The Dreamed Adventure) by Valeska Grisebach, All of a Sudden by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, The Unknown by Arthur Harari, Another Day  by Jeanne Herry, Sheep In The Box by Koreeda Hirokazu, Hope by Na Hong-jin, Nagi Notes by Fukada Koji, Gentle Monster by Marie Kreutzer, A Man Of His Time by Emmanuel Marre, Fjord by Cristian Mungiu, The Birthday Party by Léa Mysius, Moulin by László Nemes, Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski, The Man I Love by Ira Sachs, El Ser Querido (The Beloved) by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Minotaur by Andreï Zviaguintsev.

The ceremony will also be attended by Carla Simón, President of the Short Films Jury, accompanied by the members of her Jury, who will award the Short Film Palme d’or.

Monia Chokri, President of the Caméra d’or Jury, will also be present, surrounded by the members of her jury, who, as every year, will award a first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections.

During the ceremony, an Honorary Palme d’or will be awarded to Barbra Streisand, who, as previously announced, will not be able to attend Cannes. At the request of Barbra Streisand, Isabelle Huppert will present this Honorary Palme d’Or and say a few words in tribute to her career.