- Held annually, mid to late May
- Palais des Festivals screenings
- Industry parties at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Hôtel Martinez
- 78th edition: May 12–23, 2026
The Festival runs twelve days in mid-May with the screenings at the Palais des Festivals as the structural centre — but the proposition for the non-industry guest is the rest of it: the dinners at the Eden-Roc on the Cap d'Antibes, the late soirées on the Croisette, the Carlton terrace at the start of the evening. The 2026 edition runs May 12 to 23 and the calendar around it is the most compressed of the year on the coast.
Book the hotel in November of the previous year; the Cap-Eden-Roc, the Martinez and the Cheval Blanc Cannes are sold through by January. The right address is whichever your client's network already books — the Croisette walks itself.
The twelve days the coast is the cinema.
