Cannes Film Festival 2026 jury grid

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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	★★	★★	1.3
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 (Fr) Arthur Harari	★ ★★	★★	★	★★	X	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	X	★ ★★	★ ★★	★	1.9
Fjord (Rom) Cristian Mungiu	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★	★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★★	★	★★	2.5
Minotaur (Rus) Andrey Zvyagintsev	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	3.2
Bitter Christmas (Sp) Pedro Almodovar	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★	★★	★★	★ ★★	2.2
A Man Of His Time (Fr) Emmanuel Marre	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.8
The Man I Love (US) Ira Sachs	★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★	★	★★	★ ★★	★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	2.4
La Bola Negra (Sp) Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★	★★	★★	★	★	★★	2.1
Coward (Belg) Lukas Dhont	★★	★ ★★	★★	★	★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	X	★	★ ★★	2
The Dreamed Adventure (Ger) Valeska Grisebach	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★ ★★	★ ★★	★ ★★	★★	★ ★★	★★	★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	★★ ★★	3.1
The Birthday Party (Fr) Lea Mysius	★		X	X	★	★★	★	★★	★	★★	X	★★	1.1

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