It was after a crazyly intense film marathon that the MaG team gathered to discuss this 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Once again, this edition has been caught up in the political fact, whether it be political exiled films or the polemic created by the counter-attack of the Bolloré Empire against French cinema. Mia, Brice and Arthur share their hearts and disappointments!
Cannes 2026 : Our review of the festival
Podcast program
00.20: Intro
02.50: Closing Ceremony and Awards
03.45: Political issues of the festival: Bolloré Empire counterattack
11.34: Awards
12.00: The war, the man and the films queer: the festival's red thread
14.10 : Coward: War as a parenthesis for love
19.15: La Bola Negra: a mainstream queer film
21.34 : The Man I Love : If we die, must we let ourselves die?
23.20 : Jim Queen : a delusional adventure full of glitter and testosterone
27.57: Is film politics?
31.11: The Unknown: Trauma to Rape and Gender Disorders
37.34: Das geträumte Abenteuer de Valeska grisebach
39.20 : El Ser Querido : Javier Bardem ogresque
39.44 : Stories of the night: a home invasion atone
42.20 : Her Private Hell : an opulent pop opera or aesthetics at the service of the vacuum
45.20 : Roma Elastica : escape from the industrial system : Marion Cotillard crumbles the screen
43.22 : Garance, Adèle Exarchopoulos in the firmament
51.25 : Fjord : The Golden Palm
58.49: Paper Tiger: a classic James Gray
64.01 : Hope : a beautiful blend of the genres between western and science fiction doped with adrenaline
73.19 : Suddenly: reflection on the end of life, when capitalism crumbles under gentleness
77.30: Our Salutation: The administrative wheels of fascism question the spectator
84.56 : Minotaur: Russian l
89.19: Conclusion
The Awards
Feature Films
Palm gold
FJORD
directed by Cristian MUNGIU
Grand Prix
MINOTAUR
directed by Andrei ZVIAGUINTSEV
Award for Stagemaking (ex-æquo)
Javier CALVO & Javier AMBROSSI for BOLA NEGRA
Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI for FATHERLAND
Scenario Award
Emmanuel MARRE for OUR SALUT
Jury Prize
RENEWED AVENTURE
directed by Valeska GRISEBACH
Women's prices
Virginie EFIRA and Tao OKAMOTO in SOUDAIN
directed by HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
Price for men
Emmanuel MACCHIA and Valentin CAMPAIGN in COWARD
directed by Lukas DHONT
Short films
Palm gold
TO THE ADVERSEORS
directed by Federico LUIS
Special mention
ALI
Adnan AL RAJEEV
A Certain Look
Un Certain Regard Prize
EVERYTIME
directed by Sandra WOLLNER
Jury Prize
ELEPHANTS IN THE BRUME
directed by Abinash BIKRAM SHAH
(1st film)
Special Jury Prize
THE CORSET
directed by Louis CLICHY
Best Actor
Bradley FIOMONA DEMBEASSET
in CONGO BOY directed by Rafiki FARIALA
Best Actresses
Marina DE TAVIRA, Daniela MARÍN NAVARRO, Mariangel VILLEGAS
in SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO directed by Valentina MAUREL
Best Scenario
PILLION
Harry LIGHTON
1st film
Golden camera
Price of the Golden Camera
BENNIMANA
directed by Marie-Clémentine DUSABEJAMBO
A Certain Look
The Cinef
First Prize
LASER-GATO (Laser-Cat)
directed by Lucas ACHER
NYU, USA
Second Prize
SILENT VOICES
directed by Nadine MISONG JIN
Columbia University, United States
Third prize (ex-æquo)
ALDRIG NOK (Never enough)
directed by Julius LAGOUTTE LARSEN
La Fémis, France
GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS
directed by Roozbeh GEZERSEH & Soraya SHAMSI
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany
Higher Technical Commission
THE CST PRICE OF THE TECHNICAL ARTISTis awarded to Nicolas Rumpl, Director of the film Our Salvation directed by Emmanuel Marre
« The subtle biases of the montage reveal visual aesthetics, the ambition of the staging and the play of the actors of the film "Our Salvation" by Emmanuel Marre. »
THE CST PRICE OF YOUNG TECHNICIANis awarded to Esther Mysius, Director of the film Stories of the Night directed by Léa Mysius
« The intimate work of decorating allows them to become a real stakeholder in narrative. »
Cool hurry to listen!
As always, fatigue is there, but we are really happy to keep track of the event by sharing our impressions. 🙂