James Gray

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James Gray

The Cannes Film Festival has added 16 new films to its 2026 official selection.

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James Gray’s Paper Tiger completes the competition lineup, bringing it to 22 titles. It stars Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller in the story of two brothers who try to achieve the American dream. Neon has acquired North American rights. Gray has previously been at Cannes multiple times, most recently with Armageddon Time in 2022.

The Un Certain Regard lineup has added Zachary Wigon’s Victorian Psycho starring Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie and Jason Isaacs.

Also in UCR is A Girl’s Story, the debut feature from actress Judith Godreche, one of the most outspoken voices of the French #MeToo movement.

Among the additions to the Cannes Premiere strand is Christophe Honoré’s Orange-Flavoured Wedding, a 1970s-set family drama centred around the wedding of the youngest son which stars Vincent Lacoste, Paul Kircher, Adele Exacharpoulos and Nadia Tereszkiewicz. 

New Special Screenings titles include Ashes, directed by Diego Luna and adapted from Brenda Navarro’s novel Eating Ashes.

The Cannes Film Festival unveiled the majority of its lineup earlier this month, with Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss opening the festival.

Cannes 2026 Official Selection additional titles

Competition

Paper Tiger, dir. James Gray

Un Certain Regard

A Girl’s Story, dir. Judith Godrèche

Titanic Ocean, dir. Konstantina Kotzamani

Ulysse (closing film), dir. Laetitia Masson

Victorian Psycho, dir. Zachary Wigon

Cannes Premiere

Aqui, dir. Tiago Guedes

The End Of It, dir. Maria Martinez Bayona

Mary Magdalene, dir. Gessica Généus

Orange-Flavoured Wedding, dir. Christophe Honoré

Si Tu Penses Bien, dir. Géraldine Nakache

Special Screenings

Ashes, dir. Diego Luna

Groundswell, dirs. Joshua and Rebecca Tickell

Le Triangle d’Or, dir. Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz

Spring, dir. Rostislav Kirpičenko

Tangles, dir. Leah Nelson

Family Screening

Lucy Lost, dir. Olivier Clert.