Hollywood's absence and frontrunners' unpredictability at Cannes Film Festival, with Korean sci-fi thriller Hope leading past Pawel Pawlikowski's Fatherland and Cristian Mungiu's Fjord.
. The prestigious event, which begins on May 12 and lasts until May 23, will reveal the winner of the top prize during its closing ceremony.
With Hollywood largely skipping the festival entirely, only two films from the United States are in the main competition:, and Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love, starring Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Surprisingly, though, neither of these movies are the frontrunners for the 2026 Palme d’Or.
The Korean sci-fi thriller Hope, directed by Na Hong-jin, is the early favorite to win the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, based on an early bet on At the time of writing, however, the full results reveal that it has a very thin lead over Pawel Pawlikowski’s Fatherland and Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord. Das Geträumte Abenteuer – Less than 1%A Woman’s Life – Less than 1%Moulin – Less than 1% Fatherland held an early lead on the bet, which started on April 10, before Hope took over the lead by the end of the month.
Meanwhile, Fjord, Minotaur, and Paper Tiger have been nipping at their heels. Because of how close the race is, about 2% think that there will be a tie for the Palme d’Or winner.
While The Man I Love doesn’t rank high in this list, it has the chance to win the Queer Palm award against Nagi Notes, Bitter Christmas, The Black Ball, Coward, and A Woman’s Life.previously featured his 2010 film The Yellow Sea at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival as part of its Un Certain Regard competition, which is typically held for films with innovative styles and non-traditional stories.
For this year’s installment, this section will feature two additional movies from the US: Jane Schoenbrun’s slasher filmOther notable screenings during the festival include Ron Howard’s documentary Avedon that’s based on the life of photographer Richard Avedon,Hollywood’s absence at the 2026 Cannes Festival shows a shift in trends for US studios premiering blockbusters at the event. As noted by, this pullback comes from them not wanting to take the risk of featuring a film at the festival that “could potentially get panned by critics before they open in theaters” despite the potential for early award buzz.
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