Cannes Film Festival 2026 jury grid

★★★★ Excellent ★★★ Good ★★ Average ★ Poor X Bad

The Screen jury at Cannes	NT Binh Positif, France	Robbie Collin, Tim Robey The Telegraph, UK	Katja Nicodemus Die Zeit, Germany	Ben Kenigsberg Rogerebert.com, US	Anton Dolin Meduza, international	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian, UK	Justin Chang The New Yorker, US	Stephanie Zacharek Time, US	Ahmed Shawky filfan.com, Egypt	Mathieu Macheret Le Monde, France	Kong Rithdee Bangkok Post, Thailand	Screen international	average
Nagi Notes (Japan) Koji Fukada	★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★	★★	★★	2.5
A Woman’s Life (Fr) Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet	★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★	★	★	★ ★★	1.9
Fatherland (Pol) Pawel Pawlikowski	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	3.3
Parallel Tales (Iran) Asghar Farhadi	★★ ★★	X	★★	★★	★	★★	★	★★	★ ★★	X	★	★★	1.7
All Of A Sudden (Japan) Ryusuke Hamaguchi	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	3.1
Gentle Monster (Austria) Marie Kreutzer	★★	★ ★★	★	★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★	★★	★	★★	★★	1.8
Sheep In The Box (Japan) Hirokazu Koreeda	★ ★★	★	★	★	★★		★	★★	X	X	★★	★★	1.4
The Beloved (Sp) Rodrigo Sorogoyen	★ ★★	★★	★	★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★	★	★	★ ★★	2
Paper Tiger (US) James Gray	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.8
Moulin (Hun-Fr) Laszlo Nemes	★★	★★ ★★	★	★★	★	★★	★★	★	★★	★	★	★★ ★★	1.9
Another Day (Fr) Jeanne Herry	★★	★	★★	★	★	★	★★	★ ★★	★★	X	★★	★ ★★	1.7
Hope (S Kor) Na Hong-Jin	★★	★★	★★		★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.8
The Unknown Arthur Harari	Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider headline the story of a man who wakes up in the body of an unknown woman after they spend the night together.
Fjord (Rom) Cristian Mungiu	A devout Romanian-Norwegian couple resettles in a village and become close to their neighbours, but questions are asked when their young child shows up at school with bruises.
Minotaur (Rus) Andrey Zvyagintsev	In a small Russian town in 2022, the year of the invasion of Ukraine, a high-powered executive’s meticulous existence unravels when professional crises, global chaos and marital betrayal converge.
Bitter Christmas (Sp) Pedro Almodovar	Almodovar’s latest self-reflective work sees a troubled filmmaker draw inspiration from the grief of one of his closest collaborators. Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon and Barbara Lennie star.
A Man Of His Time (Fr) Emmanuel Marre	Henri Marre (Swann Arlaud) arrives in Vichy in September 1940, estranged from his family and carrying copies of his political manuscript, hoping to save France — and himself — from downfall.
The Man I Love (US) Ira Sachs	In Sachs’ drama set during the Aids crisis in late 1980s New York, Rami Malek stars as Jimmy George, an actor facing his own mortality who takes on what might be his final role.
La Bola Negra (Sp) Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo	This adaptation of an unfinished work by Federico Garcia Lorca explores queer desire through the intertwined stories of three men in Spain, set in 1932, 1937 and 2017.
Coward (Belg) Lukas Dhont	Pierre (Emmanuel Macchia) is a young Belgian soldier ready to prove himself on the First World War battlefields. Behind the frontlines he meets Francis (Valentin Campagne), who is looking to boost morale.
The Dreamed Adventure (Ger) Valeska Grisebach	In a border town in southeast Bulgaria, a woman becomes involved in an illegal trade to help out a man with whom she shares a special bond.
The Birthday Party (Fr) Lea Mysius	Two households in a remote French hamlet plan a surprise birthday party, but the evening is disrupted by a nightmarish home invasion. Hafsia Herzi and Monica Bellucci star.

Latest stories

Cannes Film Festival 2026 jury grid

Latest stories

‘Sheep In The Box’ sits bottom of Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘Paper Tiger’, ‘The Beloved’ also land

‘All Of A Sudden’ lands second on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘Gentle Monster’ disappoints

Cannes day 4: The future of Creative Europe and the history of Screen’s jury grid - The Screen Podcast

‘Fatherland’ takes early lead on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘Parallel Tales’ divides critics

Screen’s 2026 Cannes jury grid kicks off with mixed scores for ’Nagi Notes’ and ‘A Woman’s Life’

Subscribe to Screen International

Events

Other MBI sites