Tag: 2026 Cannes Critic Panel
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Were Fatherland & Fjord Tops of the Fest? We Compare Grids!
Fatherland and Fjord towered above the rest on our 2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel — but how did the competition stack up across the other...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Fatherland & Fjord Rated Top Films of Cannes!
The Palme d'Or winner and the Best Director winners are 2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel top graded films according to our twenty international film critics....
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Léa Mysius’ ‘Histoires de la Nuit’
Léa Mysius’s cinema as to this point focused on adolescence and sensory awakening, the body as transformation and instability but with her third feature...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10- Valeska Grisebach’s ‘The Dreamed Adventure’
We has taken her time with her cinema first shoring up with Mein Stern (2001) which was a FIPRESCI Prize (Special Mention) winner at...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’
From Belgium, Lukas Dhont makes his third trip to the Croisette. 2018's Girl premiered in Un Certain Regard section and won just about everything...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo’s ‘The Black Ball’
Virtual unknowns in non-Spanish speaking markets, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo — often collectively known in Spain as “Los Javis” have brought their brand...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love’
He has been owning Sundance since he premiered 1996 The Delta and three decades later the cinema of Ira Sachs has been expanding to...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Emmanuel Marre’s ‘Notre Salut’
A relative newcomer to cinema with only the co-directed Zero Fucks Given (with Julie Lecoustre) selected for the 2021 edition of Critics’ Week, Emmanuel...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’
The only title to have had its world premiere prior to hitting the south of France is Bitter Christmas from Spain's Pedro Almodóvar. The...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’
We nearly lost this master filmmaker during the Covid pandemic and so Minotaur counts as Andrey Zvyagintsev's first oeuvre after being hospitalized for a...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’
The Romanian master filmmaker Cristian Mungiu moves away from a backdrop he knows far too well to explore the family unit way further up...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Arthur Harari’s ‘The Unknown’
French director Arthur Harari might be best known as the co-writer of Anatomy of a Fall, but prior to that he saw 2013's Peine...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’
Another first time filmmaker to the competition but no stranger to Cannes, South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin has showcased 2008's The Chaser (Midnight Screening),...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5- Jeanne Herry’s ‘Garance’
Among the least known filmmakers in the comp, the cinema of Jeanne Herry usually focuses on themes of care, custody and institutional responsibility, emotional...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – László Nemes’ ‘Moulin’
Four films in and his second trip to the Cannes competition section, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes began his career by winning the Grand Prix...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’
The last minute addition to the competition line-up (we imagine it was the pending Neon deal) James Gray is no stranger to the competition...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’
In a cinema that has worked with themes of escalating moral and psychological pressures, corruption of institutions and personal ethics, with a dash of...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’
The VIP jacket wearing Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of Cannes' most regular presences, with seven films selected over the years and one Palme d'Or...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Gentle Monster’
From Austria, Marie Kreutzer breaks into the Palme d'Or competition for a very first time after having competed in the Un Certain Regard section...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden
The second Japanese filmmaker to premiere in the competition this year, Ryusuke Hamaguchi doesn't have an extensive Cannes history with only Asako I &...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’
After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver Bear for Best Director About Elly (2009) and Golden Bear winning (plus Oscar winning) A...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’
Post My Summer of Love (2004) and The Woman in the Fifth (2011), it's with his fourth feature where Paweł Pawlikowski become someone to...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s ‘A Woman’s Life’
With her sophomore feature, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet made her first trip up the red carpet steps today as one of the several competition first-timers. Sshe...
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Koji Fukada’s ‘Nagi Notes’
Koji Fukada emerged as one of the major voices of contemporary Japanese cinema through intimate dramas examining social alienation, fractured families and emotional repression...
Live From Cannes!!! Meet the Jury For Our 2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel
Since 2011, IONCINEMA.com has kept its finger firmly on the pulse of the Palme d’Or competition. We first dove into the waters back when...
