79th Festival de Cannes announces additions to Official Selection – including James Gray’s Paper Tiger

Apr 23, 2026
A pink and purple poster showing additions to official selection
Other additions include Judith Godrèche drama A Girl’s Story (cin. Joachim Philippe SBC) in Un Certain Regard and Tiago Guedes’ dystopian feature Aqui (cin. Daniela Cajías AEC) in Cannes Premiere (Credit: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival)

The 79th Festival de Cannes has announced new additions to its Official Selection – including James Gray’s Paper Tiger.

Lensed by Joaquín Baca-Asay, the star-studded feature boasts Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller and Adam Driver in its cast, and follows two brothers who get caught in a dangerous Russian mafia scheme.

Other additions include Judith Godrèche drama A Girl’s Story (cin. Joachim Philippe SBC) in Un Certain Regard and Tiago Guedes’ dystopian feature Aqui (cin. Daniela Cajías AEC) in Cannes Premiere. 

The full list of additions is available below. 

COMPETITION

PAPER TIGER – James Gray

UN CERTAIN REGARD

VICTORIAN PSYCHO – Zachary Wigon

A GIRL’S STORY – Judith Godrèche

TITANIC OCEAN – Konstantina Kotzamani, 1st film

ULYSSE – Laetitia Masson, Closing film of Un Certain Regard

CANNES PREMIERE

THE END OF IT – Maria Martinez Bayona, 1st film

MARY MAGDALENE – Gessica Généus

AQUI – Tiago Guedes

MARIAGE AU GOÛT D’ORANGE – Christophe Honoré

SI TU PENSES BIEN – Géraldine Nakache

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

SPRING – Rostislav Kirpičenko, 1st film

ASHES – Diego Luna

TANGLES – Leah Nelson, 1st film, Animation

LE TRIANGLE D’OR – Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz, 1st film

GROUNDSWELL – Joshua et Rebecca Tickell, Documentary

FAMILY SCREENING

LUCY LOST – Olivier Clert, 1st film, Animation