#Cannes 2026

[mrs-stans]

EXCLUSIVE. How Sebastian Stan found out he was nominated for an Oscar: "I stopped rehearsals and told him." Cristian Mungiu, interview for Observator

Cristian Mungiu, director who won the prestigious Palme d'Or award at Cannes, spoke to Observator, Antena 1, about the new film he is preparing and which stars Sebastian Stan, an actor recently nominated for an Oscar.

by the Observator Editorial Team

EXCLUSIVE. How Sebastian Stan found out he was nominated for an Oscar: "I stopped rehearsals and told him." Cristian Mungiu, interview for Observator.

Cristian Mungiu, a filmmaker who won an award at Cannes for the film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, but also the director of films such as Occident, După Dealuri or Baccalaureat, gave an EXCLUSIVE interview to Observator. He said that he was with Sebastian Stan when the Romanian actor was nominated for an Oscar. Cristian Mungiu also talked about his new film, a production that will take him to Norway for filming and which has Sebastian Stan in the lead role.

"For now, Sebastian came to Romania for some rehearsals. We are not in a promotional phase because we don't really have anything to promote yet. We are organizing to make the film and it was important for us to see each other at this stage."

I met with Sebastian and Renate Reinsve, the lead actress, for some costume fitting and rehearsals, and what was also nice was that we were together when he received this news.

(Reporter: So he was in Romania?) Yes, he was in Romania and we were happy. He was emotional, but we agreed that we would work that day and we were in rehearsals when I received a message. I was happy to tell him: hey, you've been nominated!

Of course we were happy, but it's very important that now we can focus on what we have to do, because what we have to do next is quite difficult.

I hope we can start filming in March. We have to film for about two months, until May, in Norway. It is still not clear whether we will also film in Romania, probably not, but that is a decision we will make a little later. We have a cast made up mostly of Nordic actors: Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, plus Sebastian and a few Romanians.

"We've known each other for a long time. He came to New York once, when I was screening a film, and we met. We agreed to stay in touch in the hope that one day we would find a project to work on together. And look, I found one that was convenient for both me and him. For him, both in terms of role, language, and period," said Cristian Mungiu.

He also gave some details about the script.

(Reporter: What is the film about?) "It's the story of a meeting of two cultures, if you want to say it that way, which is expressed in the film through the meeting between two families who live next to each other in a very isolated locality, in a Norwegian fjord, in a place that we found and where there are only two or three houses. A situation that brings a fairly intimate report between neighbors and that shows a certain exchange related to each one's cultural values, ideas about family, about education. It's a community story, a story about the need to understand that there are no longer monoblock communities like before.

I don't know if it's a "difficult" film, because I've never made easy films. It's a more difficult film because I'm filming in a language other than Romanian, a difficult film because it also has to do with how the seasons manifest themselves today and because we don't know what weather we'll get there.

We're filming for about 50 days and the hope is that during this period we'll catch snow, rain, and spring.

"If everything goes well, we will try to get him to Cannes in 2026," he added.

[shesnake]

When Xavier Dolan stated that he was retiring from filmmaking because “art is meaningless” and “the world is burning,” I gave him around a year to backtrack and announce a new project.

It’s around a year now since Dolan’s comments went viral, and guess what? He’s making a new film. Dolan is now telling a French outlet IONCINEMA that heading the jury of this year’s Un Certain Regard sidebar at Cannes reinvigorated him.

Dolan has dusted off a project he wrote before the pandemic, and is now putting the finishing touches on what will be his ninth feature film. He’s making a horror film. Dolan says the upcoming film “explores themes of fear, failure, and rejection.” He’s 20 pages away from finalizing the screenplay and is “pleased with its development.”

The film is set in 1880s France and will be shot in that country. He is aiming for a fall 2025 shoot, which means a Cannes 2026 premiere would be the best possible outcome for his return to the Croissette.

[spideyhexx]

POTENTIAL TOM SIGHTING AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL?????

for this new movie??? Maybe, I saw an article that it might be eyeing a 2026 Cannes premiere

[georgiapeach30513]

There isn’t a date posted. This is heavy speculation. Honey Don’t I’m thinking will be late winter/early spring release. There’s rumors of Materialists at Cannes. And Sacrifice just wrapped in December. So I feel Venice or TIFF could be the debut for it. But nothing official has been said. //

There’s someone on LSA saying Sacrifice won’t be released until 2026. Would they wait that long to release it?

🤷🏻‍♀️ that’s completely up to Romain. We will just have to wait and see until there’s an official confirmation. We’re just speculating on dates. It’s possible that Sacrifice won’t release until early 2026.

[falllpoutboy]

I am 100% sure that both Ayo and Jeremy will be at next year's Actors on Actors to promote their own movies. All of Luca's young actors have been there: Timothee, Zendaya, Josh, Drew. Also the biographical movie of Jeremy will also secure him a position there, plus he has already been there once. What I don't believe is that they have to do it together, imagine a world in which it happens. We all die and will be resurrected to see it hahahaha. What will also happen is that they will meet at the 2026 awards ceremonies whether or not they are nominated for the series, because they will be nominated for their performances in their films. Maybe with luck they will be at some festival at same time, hoping Cannes or Venice and they will also be nominated for the Oscars. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

excellent points, all the stars are aligning for the 25-26 awards season 👀

[peachjagiya]

When I see all these events like Met Gala , Cannes film festivals etc I feel bittersweet feelings thinking that if Tae was not in MS then he would have definitely be invited & gone to these events . Even though korean fasion is bland ( personal opinion) but j think Tae likes to experiment, I think he tells his stylist to style him so that it is unique to him (his butter era hair cut) & goes with his personality. Seeing he is most of the time a trend setter, talk of fasion shows (that Paris fasion week) , I know he would have rocked any looks in these red carpets . Sigh , well like we have no choice but to wait.

I agree he absolutely would serve but also the Met Gala is so fashion-political. Hedi Slimane hates the Met. Anna Wintour hates many people, I swear she bans someone every year. And you know you have to pay $75,000 to attend? It's very... Inauthentic.

I almost feel like Tae is beyond it. No shade at all to SKZ, I think it's absolutely proper and right that they took a huge stage like this as part of their big year but I feel at this point in Tae's worldwide fame, what would he actually gain unless it's like a goal for him? We would gain an absolute slay, of that I'm certain, but I just can't see him flying for it.

He's carving out a really wonderful and rare niche in fashion in that his Celine ambassadorship feels like a match made in heaven. You can feel he genuinely likes Celine and they're getting so many beautiful photos from him as I posted yesterday. It feels on his terms and aligned with his ethos. Maybe the Met Gala is too broad and pose-y for him.

Cannes feels more likely to me. It's a bit more intimate, bit more... European 😂

But he might just turn up to the Met in 2026, who knows? I don't know what makes him tick ultimately. I'm just taking wild guesses.

[lorraineritawarren]

hello! I would like to rephrase my question lol becaus ei think that i have send to many.

1) Will I be a huge famous person in the future? Like an it girl??

2) Will I get a huge glow up until 2026? Because i find myself so ugly right now and i realize that my face is too wide and my body is desproportional .

3) Will I be a billionare in future?

4) If i will be in KPOP could i be the most famous in my group and successfully be a model, actress, filmmaker, songwriter, dancer, singer, performer while being a CEO of a company that sell dermatology medicine and surgery robots , have a coffe shop with a friend and a floriculture?

5) If i also go in the path in acting and filmmaker can i go the festival of cannes??

thank uu☺️☺️💕🫶

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I don't think you're supposed to ask these type of questions because I don't think famous people would be out here asking this in the first place. But rather working towards these goals and making it happen, regardless the circumstances. Also I don't believe "it girls" and kpop stars would be on Tumblr at all. So sorry but I will not answer these.

[lcndonboysstuff]

I was trying to place bets on when we might see him next. Has he even gone to the SAG awards? Those are this week. After that only the Oscars in March but maybe he's going to do the after party only since he has no projects up. Then Cannes in May. Venice in August. Maybe TIFF in September. Am I missing something? I wonder if all these movies are going to be released this year and if he can start filming a long project with the promo in between. Maybe between March-May, so he can focus on promo after that? ig it all depends on the release dates right? I was thinking in 2022 he mostly did promo during the year, only filmed the short movie and then the big filming project was at end of year. I wonder if the plan for this year is similar

i don’t think he’s ever gone to the SAGs and he definitely won’t go to the Oscars. I’ll bet on CAA pre Oscars party but i feel like he’ll surprise us on turn up somewhere before that.

hopefully he’ll be able to film something this year because if not we might have to wait till 2026 for another film.

[capylala]

What do I have to do to get First and Khaotung an in internationally recognized movie. Need them at Cannes and TIFF and at The Oscars by 2026

[aajjks]

(Obviously everything I'm writing is my thoughts)

so about the contract renewel

Yes, because without him their career is over. The mediaplay yg did over the years for them is incredible.

If they renew they will go into hiatus for another two years and their comeback will be in the same period as BTS comeback 2026. Yg has been doing this since 2018: matching comebacks with the tannies 2018-2020-2022.

I don't know how much it good for them though because the next BTS comeback will be strong enough to rock the entire industry. Or BLACKPINK will go the same way as 2ne1 who yg disbanded their group to make bp debut. Now there will soon be the debut of Babymonster. If they don't renew the only ones who will continue making music will be Lisa and maybe Rose but I think Jisoo and Jennie will be full time influencers (Jennie said in an interview that she wants to get rid of everything that a kpop idol has)

I think jennie had hopes that the idol would be as successful as Euphoria and that would get her into Hollywood but the only thing that happened was she got a song "dedicated" to her by Abel during their time in Cannes

The girls are tired of this life and it shows throughout the tour. They lacked charisma and energy and many fans complained that the shows were too boring.

I'm starting to think they hate each other. A local present at coachella said that the girls were trying to shine more than the other and this is bad because they are a group not solo artists.

man the girls have good potential and I heard that baby monster has girls very young, it’s so weird, idk yg does it all the time, yeah they broke 2ne1 up and bp was born, as it seems like it of course, I just understand that why bts be the biggest boy group and why can’t bp be the biggest girl group respectively as long as they both deserve the title, and bts definitely have had a lot of comebacks. Like fake love and idol came out the same year, so bts are rlly active, even as soloist so there is a huge difference between how yg n hybe market and manage their groups

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let’s not make assumptions if the girls hate e/o, they obviously can’t be affectionate with e/o all the time.

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[mrs-stans]

Details of Sebastian Stan's visit to Romania. He stayed at a luxury hotel in downtown Bucharest, went out on the town and posed for pictures.

From Hollywood to Bucharest. Sebastian Stan found out he was nominated for an Oscar while he was in the capital, at rehearsals. The Romanian superstar is preparing for his role in the film directed by Cristian Mungiu. The visit was planned discreetly and few details were known to fans. He stayed at a luxury hotel in the center of Bucharest, went out on the town and posed, among others, with another champion - David Popovici.

By the Observator Editorial Team

Two weeks after his declaration of love on the Golden Globes stage, Hollywood star Sebastian Stan has arrived in Romania for a visit . He is preparing to film his first Romanian feature film, directed by Cristian Mungiu.

"Sebastian came to Romania for some rehearsals. We are in a preparation phase. It was important to see each other for some costume tests and rehearsals. We were together when we received the news that he was nominated for an Oscar . So that he wouldn't have too many emotions, we agreed that we would work that day and, during rehearsals, I received a message that he had been nominated. I was pleased to give him the news," said Cristian Mungiu.

The superstar's film partner, Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve, who won an award at Cannes, also arrived in Romania.

Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve also starred together in the film "A Different Man"

"I asked him if he had time, I gave him the script, he liked it, we met and decided that we would work together. We have known each other for a long time. He came to New York when I was preparing another film and we agreed to stay in touch to find a project to work on together," added Mungiu.

In a recent interview, Sebastian Stan said he can't wait to get into the role he has in the film directed by Cristian Mungiu, titled "Fjord." "I tried to find a project that would bring me back to Romania and exploit that personal history that I have. I'm excited to work with Cristian Mungiu and I hope everything ends well," the actor said.

Before filming began, Sebastian Stan went out on the town with the production team and several businessmen, at the Universul Palace.

"He seemed to me to be an extremely modest and friendly character, very involved in this project. It is his first film in Romanian, which he speaks with his mother. I think this project has a very high personal value for him," said Laura Mihăilă, communications director at a bank.

Sebastian Stan met with swimming champion David Popovici

The actor also met with swimming champion David Popovici . "Yes, Sebastian Stan is just as cool in real life. They say if I train hard enough, maybe I'll get a role in a Marvel movie," Popovici wrote on Facebook. In just a few hours, the post received tens of thousands of likes.

Sebastian Stan was accommodated at a five-star hotel in the center of the capital and was driven around Bucharest in a luxury limousine. The actor speaks Romanian fluently, thanks to his mother, a piano teacher.

The Romanian film directed by Cristian Mungiu follows the story of a Romanian family that moves to Norway and ends up involved in a complicated civil lawsuit, following accusations of physical abuse. The film addresses themes such as tolerance, freedom and the boundaries of privacy, with children in the foreground. Filming will take place in Norway, and the project is financed by the National Center of Cinematography with 3.5 million lei. The film "Fjord" is already one of the most anticipated titles of 2026.

[dearweirdme]

I actually thought taennie was real since the gurumiharibo photos or even the car photo but after their Paris date I started to think it may be a PR relationship…

I just think it’s weird how Blackpink have been on tour for many months and Taehyung apparently never came to any other location his gf was in to meet with her and they were never spotted together in Seoul either. Someone could say that if he went to see her in locations they toured in, it’d make things too obvious, but it doesn’t really seem like they’re concerned abt people knowing abt their relationship at this point. When they were in Paris, they went for a walk near the Eiffel Tower, without masks on and even let a reporter record them. Yet they were never spotted together even by some random people in Seoul? It just seems too convenient. And they wear the same items they wore in the gurumiharibo photos. Some of them they wore just a few days after the photos dropped but never wore them in public before the photos were published. So if their relationship is real, it doesn’t seem like they really care about it being public imo.

The Paris date also happened at the same time there were a lot of negative reviews abt The Idol and kind of took the attention from that. Even though dating is generally treated as a ‘scandal’ in kpop, I don’t think Jennie is negatively affected by it at all. Most of her fans are straight girls and gay men and don’t care who she dates and some are even proud that she dates only the top idols from the biggest bgs. And I haven’t looked much into that but I actually saw a lot of ppl speculate that Jennie’s relationship with Kai was PR too. Tbh it is quite weird that out of all Blackpink members, it’s only her relationships that always get revealed.

I’ve also seen a lot of rumours abt BTS contract renewals (their contracts supposedly end in November this year). Apparently, Taehyung hasn’t renewed his contract and is in his “idgaf” era. If it really is a PR relationship, I doubt HYBE knew abt it before hand. Taehyung maybe decided to do it for quick and easy money and to show HYBE he can do wtv he wants.

Hi anon!

BTS's contract does not expire in November this year (well, that's not the dominant feeling at least). We don't actually know when it will expire I think, but most talk is about 2026 and some mention 2024 earliest. I don't think there's anything to base Tae being in his 'idgaf' era on. I think Tae is working very hard right now, which means he does give a f*ck. Tae not caring about contract renewal would indirectly mean he doesn't care about other members future as well, and I think that is definitely not true. On a whole I feel everyone wants to renew. Maybe some negatiations go more difficult than others, but Tae not treating this with care is absolutely not possible in my opinion. Tae is caring and professional, he will go into contract negotiations in the same way. I absolutely don't think Tae did this for quick and easy money. Tae has money, he doesn't need this for it. I don't think you and I see Tae in the same light.

There's been talk about both Jennie and Kai and Jennie and G-dragon being pr also. I haven't looked too much into it, but all situations have the same feel to it. Very vague overall.

It's very clear that Jennie and The Idol got a lot of attention due to Jennie and Tae's walk in Paris. Every article around Cannes discussing the Taennie walk also mentioned The Idol. That is what it was meant to do.

It is possible for celebs to travel without being seen. So in theory Tae would've been able to vist Jennie on tour without being spotted. But, overall I do also think there would've been more to go on. You can see how private outings of Jk and Tae have been outed by the public, I feel that would've happend with Tae and Jennie as well.

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[georgiapeach30513]

RE: Sundance.

It looks like indie wire had an article saying Celine’s movie wouldn’t be at Sundance because it’s not ready and more likely to attend a fall festival or Cannes.

I don’t know where the article is but I’m sure someone here can find it.

If true, I think Celine is still working on her film and if it got any mixed reactions initially, maybe she wants to rework things and etc. She seems like a perfectionist so that’s what I think. One thing I’ll say about her is that her first feature got a best picture and screenplay nom. The industry will be watching her. I don’t think her second film will go unnoticed in anyway.

Re: sacrifice. I’m more and more starting to lean into this film having some interesting outcomes when it does release. It JUST wrapped so if it does release I’m thinking later next year or even 2026. But I saw someone post the wrap announcement on the Oscar’s buzz subreddit. I’m not sure why (lol) but I think once the film finishes post you’ll start to get a better idea of where it’s going to end up. I LOVE that Anya and Chris trusted Romain’s vision. Maybe it won’t be for everyone but I am willing to bet it won’t be predictable. 😉

Honey Don’t seems like the toss up. It could go the way of drive away dolls or it could go the way of some completely different way. 🤣 Margaret Q will be busy with awards season so I wonder how that release will pan out.

Early prediction: Chris is planning to do more indie films and niche projects so if avengers doomsday is confirmed, he’s getting a big cash payout and his role won’t be as big as RDJ/doom so he can pursue his passion projects on the side. I also think he’s going to go in heavy in the niche department because the critics and audiences have spoken. They don’t want to see his potential wasted. They are basically yelling at him to go for it and I think you’re going to see some changes moving forward.

Yeah, there was a screening in September/October (it's a bit late, and I can't remember which month). And the one review that is out there it said that it was a very rough cut. Celine seems to be quite the perfectionist, which is want you want in a writer/director. I'll wait patiently for what she thinks is best. Although, I did want it to go to Sundance, so I would have had a chance to see it, oh well.

I am extremely excited about Sacrifice. The cast and crew kept us well fed on behind the scenes moments, and even provided us with some interesting aesthetic posts on what the movie could look like. Visually it will be a beautiful movie. And Romain has worked with that crew in the past. There is one photo that I haven't yet posted, and it's what the cult is going to look like. I had thought about doing somewhat of a video montage, but who knows. My life is a bit chaotic at the moment.

Honey, Don't will be interesting to say the least. He won't have a huge role in that movie, but I'm sure it'll be a scene stealing moment for him. It usually is.

I do think Chris will use his big movie moments to continue to live his comfortable lifestyle, and then do movies he's artistically more interested in. The year 2024 was him going back to those quirky and different movies.

[falllpoutboy]

Seeing so many celebrities in Venice makes me want to see Ayo in maybe Cannes? alongside Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Luca Guadagnino for After The Hunt. I have a good feeling about that film, Luca's last two films were in movie festivales and are going to be in the Oscar race (Challengers and Queer) so I really hope for the best for Ayo in 2025. Is it worth dreaming of a 2026 Supporting Actress Oscar nomination?

🕯️🧿ayo in cannes fest 2025 and ayo nominated for best supporting actress and jeremy for best actor at the 2026 oscars 🕯️ 🧿