29/05/2026
is well underway, and we are obsessed with this year's lineup.
Here are five screenings we think you need to know about:
'The Man I Love' directed by Ira Sachs. Some of you will know Ira Sachs from Peter Hujar's Day, which we were so thrilled to screen at the Cornwall Film Festival 2025. His new film is equally brave: set at the height of the AIDS crisis in late '80s New York, it's a musical fantasy ,yes, really. Starring Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, Tom Sturridge, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Luther Ford. Unconventional, emotional, and exactly what we'd expect from Sachs.
'Fatherland' directed by PaweΕ Pawlikowski. From the director of Ida and Cold War, this richly textured black-and-white drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, marking the Nobel Prize-winning author's first return to his homeland since fleeing during the war. It stars the extraordinary Sandra HΓΌller and Hanns Zischler and is currently among the frontrunners for the Palme d'Or. We are not surprised.
'Hope' directed by Na Hong-jin. Ten years after his cult horror hit The Wailing premiered at Cannes, Na Hong-jin returns with a large-scale sci-fi thriller, reportedly the most expensive Korean film ever made. It's set in the remote village of Hope Harbour, near the Demilitarised Zone, where a police chief and his rookie deputy must confront a mysterious and terrifying reality as their community descends into panic. Alicia Vikander is among the cast alongside Korean heavyweights; this one has serious buzz.
'Fjord' directed by Cristian Mungiu. Mungiu won the Palme d'Or back in 2007 for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, and he's back in competition with something just as morally charged. A Romanian-Norwegian family, a devout evangelical father and his Norwegian wife, relocate to her remote hometown in Norway, raising their children with strict religious values. When their children are removed by child protective services amid allegations of abuse, the film becomes a raw and heart-wrenching legal saga. Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve lead, and early screenings have reportedly drawn gasps and a ten-minute standing ovation. We'll take two tickets, please.
'Full Phil' directed by Quentin Dupieux. For something completely different: the master of French absurdism brings his midnight screening energy to the Croisette. Woody Harrelson plays Philip Doom, a wealthy American magnate trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Kristen Stewart) on a lavish trip to Paris, until French cuisine, a 1950s horror film, and a very persistent hotel employee throw everything into chaos. Dupieux himself calls it "Emily in Paris in hell." Chaotic, funny, and sharp, our kind of film.
Which one are you looking forward to seeing?
