The Lineup For The 58th Director’s Fortnight Sidebar At Cannes Film Festival Has Been Revealed

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the lineup for the 58th edition of the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. The news was revealed on Tuesday to show this year’s debut and feature films. 

Butterfly Jam will be the opening feature that has notable names such as Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six, The Girlfriend Experience), Harry Melling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Queen’s Gambit), and Barry Keoghan (Eternals, Dunkirk). The drama is directed by Kantemir Balagov (Closeness, Beanpole), a Russian director, and the film will be his debut in English. 

Clarissa is a reinterpretation of Virginia Wolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway, set in Nigeria, will also be premiering on the Fortnight sidebar. The film will be directed by filmmaker brothers Chuko Esiri (This Is My Desire, Besida) and Arie Esiri (Innocent, B for Boy). The film stars Sophie Okonedo (The Secret Life of Bees, After Earth), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear, Bottoms), and David Oyelowo (Jack Reacher, Selma). Claire Denis (Let the Sunshine In, Stars at Noon), a French director, will be awarded the Fortnight’s Carrosse d’Or lifetime achievement honor for 2026. The Director’s Fortnight will occur from May 13 to the 23rd. 

The official Director’s Fortnite Lineup can be viewed below: 

Feature Films 

Opening Night Film: Butterfly Jam 

Director: Kantemir Balagov 

9 Temples to Heaven 

Director: Sompot Chidgasornpongse

Atonement 

Director: Reed Van Dyk 

Clarissa 

Director: Arie Esiri & Chuko Esiri 

Death has no master 

Director: Jorge Thielen Armand 

The Diary of a Death Chamber 

Director: Radu June 

Dora 

Director: July Jung

Double Freedom 

Director: Lisandro Alonso 

Gabin 

Director: Maxence Voiseux

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning 

Director: Clio Barnard 

Low Expectations

Director: Eivind Landsvik

Once Upon A Time In Harlem

Directors: William Greaves, David Greaves

La Perra

Director: Domingo Sotomayor

Shana

Director: Lila Pinell 

Thanks for Coming 

Director: Alain Cavalier

Too Many Beasts

Director: Sarah Arnold

Viva Carmen

Director: Sebastian Laundenbach

We Are Aliens

Director: Kohei Kadowaki

Le Vertige 

Director: Quentin Dupieux

Short and Medium-Length Films

The Joyless Economy

Director: Marjorie Conrad

Oh Boys

Director: Antonio Donato

Early Morning

Director: Sebastián Lojo

Eri 

Director: Yano Honami

Pithead

Directors: Wannes Vanspauwen & Pol De Plecker

The Daughters Of The Late Colonel 

Director: Elizabeth Hobbs

Nothing Happens After Your Absence

Director: Ibrahim Omar

Free Eliza (Notes On An Anatomical Imperfection)

Director: Alexandra Matheou

In Search of the Green-striped Bird

Director: Saïd Hamich Benlarb