Cannes Adds 'Paper Tiger'
- The Cannes Film Festival added 16 films to its lineup, including James Gray’s Paper Tiger in competition. ( ) - Other additions include Maika Monroe’s Victorian Psycho and Diego Luna’s Ashes, widening festival narratives. ( ) - The Tokyo Goes to Cannes sidebar will spotlight Kore-eda’s Look Back among five Japanese features. (variety.com)
Cannes has expanded its 2026 lineup with 16 late additions, putting James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” into the main competition. (festival-cannes.com) The festival said the April 22 additions complete the Official Selection for its 79th edition, after Thierry Frémaux announced the first slate on April 9 in Paris. Screen Daily reported that “Paper Tiger” brings the Competition section to 22 films. (festival-cannes.com) (screendaily.com) Screen Daily reported that “Paper Tiger” stars Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, and Neon has acquired North American rights. Gray last premiered at Cannes in 2022 with “Armageddon Time.” (screendaily.com) The new batch also widened the sidebars around the competition. Variety reported that “Victorian Psycho,” starring Maika Monroe, was added to Midnight Screenings, while Diego Luna’s directorial feature “Ashes” was added to Cannes Premiere. (variety.com) The official Cannes release shows how broad the late additions were: one Competition title, three more films in Un Certain Regard, one Midnight Screening, four Cannes Premiere titles and seven Special Screenings. That left the festival’s final week-before-launch narrative focused as much on section-building as on the Palme d’Or race. (festival-cannes.com) Japan also picked up a fresh Cannes foothold through the market-adjacent “Tokyo Goes to Cannes” program. Variety reported that Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back” will lead a five-film showcase organized by the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Japan External Trade Organization. (variety.com) Variety said the other Japanese titles in that showcase are Tetsuya Mariko’s “Blue Fighter,” Yasuhiro Aoki’s animated feature “ChaO,” Michihito Fujii’s “Exit 8” and Chie Hayakawa’s “Renoir.” The program runs during the Cannes market rather than inside the Palme d’Or competition. (variety.com) Cannes opens on May 12 and closes on May 23, according to the festival’s 2026 Official Selection announcement. By then, the late add-ons will have turned what began as an incomplete April 9 reveal into a full festival map. (festival-cannes.com)
