PAPER TIGER press conference uploaded

Festival de Cannes posted the English-language press conference for “PAPER TIGER” to its YouTube channel on May 18, adding the film to the festival’s rolling archive of official Cannes 2026 press materials. The Cannes media library lists the event as having been published on May 17, one day after the film’s Cannes debut entered the wider press cycle. (youtube.com) The upload matters in practical terms because it gives international reporters and viewers direct access to how the filmmakers presented the movie after its premiere. (festival-cannes.com) Cannes has also kept a parallel entry for the same session on its official site. ### Who was actually in the room for the “PAPER TIGER” session? (youtube.com) The Festival de Cannes press-conference listing names director James Gray alongside Adam Driver, Miles Teller, producer Rodrigo Teixeira, producer Anthony Katagas and producer Raffaella Leone. The French-language and English-language Cannes entries carry the same participant list, which helps confirm the lineup attached to the official session rather than to later reposts or fan edits. The festival’s “PAPER TIGER” film page identifies the movie as a Competition title at the 2026 edition. That page also gives the film’s setup: New York, Queens, 1986, where two very different brothers join forces in a deal tied to the Russian mafia before the arrangement turns into a threat to their family and their relationship. (youtube.com) ### Why does the upload date matter if the press conference happened earlier? May 18 is the date attached to the YouTube posting, while Cannes’ own media library says the press-conference event was published on May 17. That gap suggests the session was first logged in the festival’s internal media flow and then pushed to the broader public-facing video channel, which is how Cannes has handled other 2026 press materials. (festival-cannes.com) The festival’s YouTube channel description says it carries live and official Cannes content, including press conferences, photocalls and other events from the 79th edition. In that context, the “PAPER TIGER” upload sits within a standard distribution pipeline rather than as a one-off release. (festival-cannes.com) ### What does this add to the film’s Cannes rollout? James Gray’s film was already part of the festival’s official Competition program before the press conference video appeared online. Cannes’ own editorial page on Gray described “Paper Tiger” as his return to the festival competition lineup and linked the movie to his long-running New York settings and characters. (youtube.com) Outside the festival’s own channels, trade and entertainment coverage shows the press conference quickly became part of the film’s public rollout. The Wrap reported on exchanges involving Driver and Gray during the session, while The Hollywood Reporter separately covered the film’s Cannes premiere and the attention around its cast. (youtube.com) Those reports indicate the press conference was not just archived material but part of the active media conversation around the movie. ### Where can viewers find the official version rather than clipped excerpts? The full English-language session is available on the Festival de Cannes YouTube channel under the title “PAPER TIGER - Press conference - English - Cannes 2026.” Cannes also hosts the event in its media library under “PAPER TIGER by James GRAY – Press Conference,” which provides a second official access point tied directly to the festival site. (festival-cannes.com) May 23 is the closing date for the 79th Festival de Cannes, according to the festival site, and “PAPER TIGER” remains listed in Competition as Cannes continues publishing press materials from this year’s lineup. (thewrap.com) (festival-cannes.com) (youtube.com)