Guillermo del Toro will jet into Cannes to attend the 20th anniversary screening of Pan’s Labyrinth, which has been announced as part of this year’s Cannes Classics line-up.
A 4K restored print of del Toro’s fantasy fable set during the Franco regime in 1940s Spain, regarded by many as the Mexican filmmaker’s masterpiece, will be presented in a pre-opening screening on May 12.
The film remains enshrined in Cannes folklore for the record 22-minute standing ovation it received in 2006 and went on to garner Oscars for cinematography, art direction, and make-up. Cineverse holds North American rights.
The Cannes Classics line-up announced on Tuesday (May 5) presents 22 features, six documentaries, three shorts, and two contemporary works – Bérenger Thouin’s hybrid adventure The Golden Age (L’Age d’Or) that Films Boutique sells; and Jean-Gabriel Périot’s documentary A Life, A Manifesto (Une Vie Manifeste) about the film critic, aspiring director, and activist Michèle Firk.
Among the features are restored 4K prints of Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine; Rob Cohen’s 2001 franchise starter The Fast And The Furious with Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster and producer Neil H. Moritz expected to attend (May 13); historical drama Ken Russell’s The Devils with critic and journalist Mark Kermode and Russell’s wife and academic Elize Tribble Russell in attendance; Akira Kurosawa’s martial arts film Sanshiro Sugata; and Roger Corman’s 1958 noir Machine Gun Kelly with the late Corman’s wife Julie Corman expected to attend.
Documentary selections include Mike Mendez’s new work Dernsie: The Amazing Life Of Bruce Dern in which the director spoke to Alexander Payne, Laura Dern, Quentin Tarantino and others about the veteran actor’s life and career and drew from more than 50 hours of recorded conversations and previously unseen photographs and video letters. Bruce Dern, Laura Dern, and Mendez will attend the screening.
The 2026 Cannes Classics is dedicated to the memory of production designer Dean Tavoularis. The full line-up appears below.
New films
The Golden Age (L’Age d’Or; Fr-It)
Dir. Bérenger Thouin
2026
A Life, A Manifesto (Une Vie Manifeste; Fr)
Jean-Gabriel Périot
2026
Restored prints
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mex)
Guillermo del Toro
2006
The Fast And The Furious (US)
Rob Cohen
2001
Pelechian Project (Land Of The People, The Beginning, We, The Inhabitants, Seasons; Arm-Bel-Rus)
Artavazd Pelechian
1966-75
Sierra De Teruel (Espoir; Fr)
André Malraux
1938
Moonlighting (UK)
Jerzy Skolimowski
1982
Love Circle (Metti Una Sera A Cena; It)
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
1968
Report To Mother (Amma Ariyan; India)
John Abraham
1986
Farewell My Concubine (Bawang Bieji; HK)
Chen Kaige
1993
Man Of Iron (Czlowiek Z Zelaza; Pol)
Andrzej Wajda
1981
Eve (Eva; Greece)
Maria Plyta
1953
Ken Russell’s The Devils (UK-US)
Ken Russell
1971
The House Of Angel (La Casa Del Angel; Arg)
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
1957
Two Women (La Ciociara; It)
Vittorio De Sica
1960
The Drift (La Dérive; Fr)
Paula Delsol
1964
Pastoral Symphony (La Symphonie Pastorale; Fr)
Jean Delannoy
1946
The Innocent (L’innocente, It)
Luchino Visconti
1976
The Dull-Ice Flower (Lu Bing Hua, Tai)
Yang Li-Kuo
1989
Machine Gun Kelly (US)
Roger Corman
1958
Seagulls Die In The Harbour (Meuween Sterven In De Haven; Bel)
Roland Verhavert, Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels
1955
Sugata Sanshiro (Japan)
Akira Kurosawa
1943
Tilai (Burkina Faso-Switz-Fr)
Idrissa Ouedraogo
1990
The Stranger (US)
Orson Welles
1945
Documentaries
The Story Of Documentary Film (The 70s; UK)
Mark Cousins
2026
Dernsie: The Amazing Life Of Bruce Dern (US)
Mike Mendez
2026
Maverick: The Epic Adventures Of David Lean (UK-US)
Barnaby Thompson
2026
Vittorio De Sica – Staging Life (Vittorio De Sica – La Vita In Scena; It)
Francesco Zippel
2026
My Coluche (Mon Coluche A Moi; Fr)
Michel Denisot, Camille Bruere, Julie Lazare
Nostalgia For The Future (Bel)
Brecht Debackere
2026
Shorts
Goodnight Lamby (US)
Dustin Yellin
2026
Torino Shadow (It-China)
Jia Zhangke
2026
Playground (Zamine Bazi; Iran-Fr)
Amirhossein Shojaei
2025.
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