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

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

No studios, queer cinema triumphs and AI crashes the party: 5 takeaways from the 2026 Cannes film festival.

At a Sleepy Cannes, the AI Fight Created Plenty of Drama

The debate over AI burned its way through the film festival, as filmmakers and talent attacked, defended, and explored the controversial tech.

What’s the AI debate at Cannes 2026?

Cannes 2026’s AI debate: stars split on using the technology At the Cannes Film Festival, the conversation around AI moved from background chatter to a central cultural argument—one that filmmakers and talent publicly praised, criticized, and used as a creative talking point. The debate played out…