Cannes 2026 Adds 16 Titles: James Gray, Judith Godrèche Films, ‘Victorian Psycho’ & Teen Mermaid Drama Among Fresh Additions

The Cannes Film Festival has announced a fresh round of titles for the Official Selection of its 79th edition, including James Gray’s Paper Tiger and Judith Godrèche’s A Girl’s Story. (scroll down for full list)

They join 60 titles unveiled at the festival’s traditional press conference in Paris on April 9, at which the bulk of the selection was announced.

The confirmation of Paper Tiger n Official Selection ends days of speculation over whether the film was going to Cannes or not.

New York-set crime drama Paper Tigerstarring Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson, will be Gray’s sixth film debuting Cannes, with the director last at the festival with Armageddon Time in 2022.

Adapted from Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux’s autobiographical novel, A Girl’s Story is the debut feature of Godrèche who rocked the French cinema world in 2024 with sexual abuse accusations against directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon.

Valérie Dréville, Tess Barthélémy, Maïwène Barthélémy and Anna Mouglalis lead the ensemble cast bringing Ernaux’s flashbacks to life as she reminisces during a book-signing trip that triggers memories of the pivotal summer of 1958.

Godrèche, who has been a regular guest in Cannes as an actress, hit the festival as a director in 2023 with short film Me too.

Further additions include Zachary Wigon’s gothic horror-thriller Victorian Psycho about a governess with hidden psychopathic tendencies, which will debut in Un Certain Regard. Maika Monroe, Jason Isaacs and Thomasin McKenzie, star in the drama set in Victorian England and based on Virginia Feito’s eponymous novel

The film is produced by Anton and Traffic in association with Anonymous Content. Bleecker Street took U.S. rights last summer.

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Greek director Konstantina Kotzamani’s Titanic Oceancoming-of-age tale set in a special boarding school in Japan that trains teenage girls into professional mermaids, will also debut in Un Certain Regard. Athens-based Homemade Films (To A Land Unknown, Arcadia) lead produces in coproduction with Wunderlust, Defilm, Manny Films, Frida Films, Happinet Phantom Studios.

The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 12 to May 23.

COMPETITION

PAPER TIGER
James Gray

A CERTAIN VIEW

VICTORIAN PSYCHO
Zachary Wigon

A GIRL’S STORY
Judith Godreche

TITANIC OCEAN
Konstantina Kotzamani

ULYSSES
Laetitia Masson (Closing film of Un Certain Regard)

CANNES PREMIERE

THE END OF IT
Maria Martinez Bayona

MARY MAGDALENE
Gessica Généus

HERE
Tiago Guedes