Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japanese filmmaker, Academy Award winner for Drive My Car (2022 Best International Feature). In Cannes 2026 Competition with All of a Sudden (Soudain).
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The Cannes Marché Country of Honour Effect: Does Japan 2026 Actually Move the Needle on Japanese-Content Licensing?
Japan is the Cannes Marché 2026 Country of Honour. The designation drives meaningful programming, panels, and visibility at the May 12-21 Marché. The actual question for sellers and buyers: does Country of Honour status meaningfully move the needle on territory licensing values for content from the honoured country? Comparing Japan 2026 to Italy 2025, Mexico 2024, and historical patterns.
Cannes 2026 Sales-Agent Power Rankings: Who Controls the Pre-Marché Pipeline
Six international sales agencies — MK2 Films, The Match Factory, Wild Bunch International, Charades, Goodfellas, and Playtime — concentrate the bulk of the Cannes 2026 Competition and parallel-section deal flow. This is what each agency brings to the Marché, what packaging premiums they can command, and how buyers should think about agent-tier pricing.
Mubi's Pre-Cannes 2026 Strategy: How the Platform-Plus-Theatrical Model Is Reshaping Specialty Acquisition
Mubi enters Cannes 2026 with the deepest theatrical footprint in its history, the strongest balance sheet of any pure-play specialty buyer, and an acquisition mandate that increasingly competes head-to-head with Neon and A24 for Competition titles. Here's how the model works and what it means for sellers.
Cannes 2026 Oscar Pipeline: Which Competition Films Will Travel to the 2027 Awards Race
Four Cannes 2026 competition directors have previously won the Academy Award for Best International Feature. A forecast of which 2026 Palme d'Or contenders are most likely to cross into the 2027 Oscars race — and which distribution deals will shape that trajectory.
Cannes 2026 Is the Most Auteur-Heavy Competition in a Decade: What Buyers Should Read Into It
Eleven of the 21 films in the 2026 Cannes main competition come from directors who have previously won the Palme d'Or, Grand Prix, or an Academy Award for Best International Feature. For acquisitions buyers, that concentration changes both pricing dynamics and distribution strategy.
Asian Cinema's Cannes 2026 Moment: Park Chan-wook Presides Over the Strongest Asian Lineup in Years
Park Chan-wook presides over the main jury; three Japanese directors and two Korean directors compete for the Palme d'Or; Kiyoshi Kurosawa headlines Cannes Premiere; Japan is Marché du Film Country of Honour. The 2026 edition is the most Asia-weighted Cannes in a decade.
Cannes 2026 Official Selection: Complete Breakdown of the 79th Edition Lineup
Cannes unveiled 21 films in Competition, six Out of Competition, six Midnight Screenings, 15 Un Certain Regard titles, and five Cannes Premiere selections for its 79th edition (May 12-23, 2026). A complete breakdown of every section announced at the Pathé Palace on April 9.