They made a name for themselves at major international festivals in 2025 and will be on screens around the world in 2026. They are the new faces of French cinema.
Selected for the excellence of their work by international journalists Rebecca Leffler (Screen International), Fabien Lemercier (Cineuropa), Jordan Mintzer (The Hollywood Reporter), Christine Masson (France Inter) and Mariam Schaghaghi (freelance journalist for the German press), these 10 to Watch 2026 embody the rejuvenation of French cinema through the freedom and uniqueness of their artistic choices, their ambition, their audacity, and their openness to the world...
Unifrance is proud to honor this new generation of directors and actors, who contribute so fully, on the big screen and, for some of them, in audiovisual productions, to the effervescence of French creativity, and to encourage the distribution of their works beyond France's borders.
The Unifrance 10 to Watch 2026
- Ugo Bienvenu
- Valentine Cadic
- Anna Cazenave Cambet
- Salif Cissé
- Alice Douard
- Guillaume Marbeck
- Thomas Ngijol
- Park Ji-Min
- Théodore Pellerin
- Ella Rumpf
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