Hollywood Reporter May 23, 2026 • 22:24

Hollywood Ghosts the Croisette, Queer Cinema Owns It and AI Crashes the Party: Five Takeaways From Cannes 2026 - The Hollywood Reporter

By Scott Roxborough

Hollywood Ghosts the Croisette, Queer Cinema Owns It and AI Crashes the Party: Five Takeaways From Cannes 2026 - The Hollywood Reporter

Quiet on the surface, Cannes 2026 exposed the fault lines reshaping cinema — from the evolving indie ecosystem and the studios’ festival retreat to the industry’s uneasy embrace of AI.

The biggest drama at Cannes 2026 was off-screen and involved a growing civil war between French film industry professionals and the country’s top studio, Canal+.
On the eve of the festival, some 600… [+1323 chars]

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