By Elsa Keslassy, Ellise Shafer
Getty Images The 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival will favor the auteurs this year, with Nicolas Winding Refn, Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Paweł Pawlikowski, Laszlo Nemes and Ryusuke Hamaguchi among the directors expected to premiere new films on the Croisette.
After a 2025 edition which had a large Hollywood presence with “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” and Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” this year’s Cannes will be dominated by international cinema and indie filmmakers. Ira Sachs could be the only American filmmaker in competition with “The Man I love,” a musical fantasy starring Rami Malek and set in the vibrant era of late ’80s New York; while James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” could be added at a later stage. U.S. films tipped for Un Certain Regard premieres include “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”) and Gillian Anderson (“Sex Education”); and Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut “Club Kid” featuring himself, Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva and Eldar Isgandarov.
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