Cannes 2026: A Festival of Splendor and Films That Fade from Memory
Every year in May, the small city of Cannes transforms into the capital of world cinema. Streets along the Mediterranean fill with people from all corners of the world: filmmakers, critics, journalists, producers, and dreamers who still believe cinema can change the world. The red carpet is rolled out, camera flashes blink endlessly, and the Festival Palace stands like a modern temple drawing thousands toward itself.
Yet this year, at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, a question kept returning to my mind more than ever: is Cannes still the most important showcase of art cinema in the world, or has it become a grand, established institution that reproduces its own past rather than discovering the future? (…)