Cannes 2026 Adds Movies From James Gray, Judith Godrèche, More

Key Points:

• The Cannes Film Festival announced additional titles for its 79th Official Selection, including James Gray’s crime drama Paper Tiger and Judith Godrèche’s debut feature A Girl’s Story, joining 60 previously revealed films.
• Paper Tiger, starring Adam Driver, Miles Teller, and Scarlett Johansson, marks Gray’s sixth film at Cannes and ends speculation about its participation; it is set in New York and explores crime drama themes.
• A Girl’s Story, adapted from Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux’s autobiographical novel, is Godrèche’s directorial debut and features an ensemble cast recalling Ernaux’s pivotal summer of 1958, amid Godrèche’s recent prominence in French cinema.
• Additional selections include Zachary Wigon’s Victorian Psycho, a gothic horror-thriller premiering in Un Certain Regard, and Konstantina Kotzamani’s Titanic Ocean, a coming-of-age tale about mermaid training in Japan, also in Un Certain Regard.
• The festival runs from May 12 to May 23, with films spanning Competition, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings, and Family Screening sections.