When Palme d’Or winning Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu first contemplated making a film set in Norway, he approached Joachim Trier to ask who might make the best Norwegian co-production partner. This led him to Eye Eye Pictures,

Cristian Mungiu likes to take his time. In terms of his craft, the Romanian filmmaker behind the Palme d’Or-winning “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” opts for long, unbroken takes, building out tension as his camera stubbornly refuses to cut away.

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By Miranda Murray and Hanna Rantala CANNES, France, May 11 (Reuters) - Tales of war, grief and artificial intelligence join a race for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival's top prize from Tuesday, in a contest left wide open by the absence of big studio contenders and other clear front-runners.

The 79th Cannes Film Festival, which opens on Tuesday evening with Pierre Salvadori’s La Venus Electrique, has two Palme d’Or winners, Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda, vying for the top prize again.

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival is underway with French filmmaker Pierre Salvadori's The Electric Kiss serving as the opening-night pic. Among the headline filmmakers debuting new works on the Croisette this year are previous Palme d'Or winners Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda,

European dominance: France, Spain, Poland, Belgium, and Romania lead a Cannes lineup rich in auteur-driven cinema, with Pedro Almodóvar, Cristian Mungiu, and Lukas Dhont among the contenders. Hollywood absence: No major U.S. studio films are premiering ...