Cannes has topped up its Official Selection for the 2026 festival with a fresh round of titles for its 79th edition, adding James Gray’s Paper Tiger to the Competition line-up and Judith Godrèche’s A Girl’s Story to the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
Paper Tiger, a New York-set crime drama starring Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson, marks Gray’s sixth film in competition in Cannes. Neon has snatched up North American rights to the film. A Girl’s Story is actress Godrèche’s feature debut as a director, following her short film Moi Aussi, which opened Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section in 2023. Godrèche has become a key figure in France’s #MeToo movement since coming forward in 2024 with sexual abuse accusations against directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon.
Further Un Certain Regard additions include Victorian Psycho, Zachary Wigon’s gothic horror-thriller starring Maika Monroe, Jason Isaacs, Thomasin McKenzie and Ruth Wilson; Greek director Konstantina Kotzamani’s Titanic Ocean, a Japanese-set coming-of-age tale set in a boarding school that trans professional mermaids.
Victorian Psycho was produced by Anton and Traffic in association with Anonymous Content. Bleecker Street has U.S. rights. Titanic Ocean is from Athens-based Homemade Films in co-production with Wunderlust, Defilm, Manny Films, Frida Films and Happinet Phantom Studios.
Ulysse, a family drama from director Laetitia Masson, which will close the section.
Other festival additions include Olivier Clert’s family film Lucy Lost, adapted from the 2014 novel Listen to the Moon from War Horse writer Michael Morpurgo; and Diego Luna’s Spanish-language drama Ashes, adapted from Brenda Navarro’s award-winning novel Eating Ashes, starring Anna Díaz, Adriana Paz, Laura Gómez, and Charlie Rowe.
Below are the new additions to the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 12-23.
COMPETITION
Paper Tiger, dir. James Gray
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Victorian Psycho, dir. Zachary Wigon
A Girl’s Story, dir. Judith Godrèche
Titanic Ocean, dir. Konstantina Kotzamani
Ulysse, dir. Laetitia Masson (Closing Film)
CANNES PREMIERE
The End Of It, dir. Maria Martinez Bayona
Mary Magdalene, dir. Gessica Généus
Aqui, dir. Tiago Guedes
Mariage au Goût d’Orange, dir. Christophe Honoré
Si Tu Penses Bien, dir. Géraldine Nakache
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Spring, dir. Rostislav Kirpičenko
Ashes, dir. Diego Luna
Tangles, dir. Leah Nelson
Le Triangle d’Or, dir. Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz
Groundswell, dir. Joshua et Rebecca Tickell
FAMILY SCREENING
Lucy Lost, dir. Olivier Clert
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