Vulture publishes Cannes ovation tracker

Vulture updated its annual Cannes standing-ovation tracker on May 15, turning one of the festival’s most familiar side rituals into a running scoreboard. The article logs applause lengths after screenings at the 79th Cannes Film Festival and ranks films by duration as new premieres arrive. Cannes opened on May 12 and runs through May 23, according to the festival’s official program. Vulture’s write-up said it would keep tracking “every standing ovation and how long it went” as the event continues. ### How does Vulture’s tracker work? Vulture’s tracker is built as a day-by-day list of screenings and applause times, with entries added as premieres happen on the Croisette. The format lets readers compare films across sections and see which titles drew the longest immediate response from festival audiences. Vulture has published similar Cannes standing-ovation roundups in prior years, including a 2025 edition and a 2024 edition. (vulture.com) The May 15 version of Vulture’s page described the project as an “ongoing” one and said the festival had begun with the outlet tracking each ovation as it happened. Search snippets from Vulture’s movies page also showed the tracker being updated with a new leader, saying: “All of a Sudden we have a new frontrunner.” ### Which film was leading the ovation rankings by May 15? (vulture.com) Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden” had taken the top spot by May 15 with an 11-minute standing ovation, according to Deadline and Vulture’s updated teaser text. Deadline reported the applause followed the film’s Cannes premiere and described it as an “11-minute cascade of applause.” Vulture’s movies page reflected the same shift in the leaderboard by calling the film the new frontrunner. (vulture.com) Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid” also posted a notable early number, drawing a seven-minute ovation at its Cannes premiere on May 15, Deadline reported. Earlier in the festival, Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” received a nine-minute ovation, Deadline said. Those figures help explain the type of ranking Vulture’s tracker is capturing as the festival moves through its first week. (deadline.com) ### Which Cannes titles are in the mix for the tracker? The Cannes Film Festival’s official selection for 2026 includes 22 Competition titles alongside films in Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings and Cannes Premiere. The official lineup released on April 9 and updated on April 23 included Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” Asghar Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales,” Ira Sachs’s “The Man I Love,” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Sheep in the Box” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “Amarga Navidad.” (deadline.com) The festival’s official program says the 79th edition runs from May 12 to May 23 in Cannes, France. That schedule means more gala screenings, competition debuts and press reactions remain ahead, giving Vulture additional premieres to add to the tracker in the coming days. ### Why do Cannes ovation timings get tracked at all? Cannes audiences have long treated post-screening applause as a visible measure of immediate reception, even if it is informal and highly festival-specific. (festival-cannes.com) Vulture’s tracker packages that ritual into a running list rather than a single end-of-festival roundup. The outlet’s description frames the page as a way to follow “every standing ovation and how long it went” during the festival. (festival-cannes.com) Deadline’s festival coverage shows how quickly those timings become part of the conversation around premieres, with separate stories devoted to seven-, nine- and 11-minute ovations in the festival’s opening days. Those reports do not establish awards prospects on their own, but they do provide the raw numbers that entertainment outlets and festival watchers compare in real time. (vulture.com) ### What comes next for the tracker? May 23 is the final day of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, according to the official festival program, and Vulture’s tracker is positioned to keep updating until the remaining premieres have screened. The official selection still includes competition films from directors such as Cristian Mungiu, Paweł Pawlikowski and Rodrigo Sorogoyen, all of which could add new ovation times before the festival closes. (deadline.com) (festival-cannes.com)