Critics Blake Williams, Daniel Kasman, Mark Peranson, Öykü Sofuoğlu, and Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal discuss some of the major premieres of Cannes 2026, including:

- Na Hong-jin's Hope
- Sandra Wollner's Everytime
- Arthur Harari's The Unknown
- Cristian Mungiu's Fjord
- Andrey Zvyagintsev's Minotaur
- Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell
- Jia Zhang-ke's Torino Shadow