Renowned director of a top 21st-century zombie film is making a comeback in the genre.

Are there any fans of *Train to Busan* here? Yeon Sang-ho, the director behind the thrilling zombie flick and its sequel, *Peninsula*, is returning to his roots with a new film titled *The Colony*, which has been announced for the Cannes Film Festival’s 2026 lineup. The premise sounds straight out of a *Resident Evil* game: “A biotech conference spirals into chaos as a rapidly mutating virus turns the infected into monsters, leading authorities to lock down the facility with survivors trapped inside.” While *The Colony* won’t be competing at Cannes, it’s definitely a contender in our hearts.

Running from May 12-23, this year’s festival kicks off with the previously announced *The Electric Kiss* from filmmaker Pierre Salvadori, promising a slew of new premieres from international talent. Other notable entries include John Travolta’s directorial debut, *Propeller One-Way Night Coach*, Pedro Almodóvar’s *Bitter Christmas*, Ira Sachs’ musical *The Man I Love*, and Asghar Farhadi’s *Parallel Tales*. Filmmakers Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand will also be honored with honorary Palme d’Ors. Here’s the complete lineup:

– Minotaur – Andrey Zvyagintsev
– The Beloved – Rodrigo Sorogoyen
– The Man I Love – Ira Sachs
– Fatherland – Paweł Pawlikowski
– Moulin – László Nemes
– Histoires de la Nuit – Léa Mysius
– Fjord – Cristian Mungiu
– Notre Salut – Emmanuel Marre
– Gentle Monster – Marie Kreutzer
– Nagi Notes – Koji Fukada
– Hope – Na Hong-Jin
– Sheep in the Box – Hirokazu Kore-eda
– Garance – Jeanne Herry
– The Unknown – Arthur Harari
– All of a Sudden – Ryusuke Hamaguchi
– The Dreamed Adventure – Valeska Grisebach
– Coward – Lukas Dhont
– La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) – Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo
– A Woman’s Life – Charline Bourgeois-Taquet
– Parallel Tales – Asghar Farhadi
– Bitter Christmas – Pedro Almodóvar
– La Más Dulce – Laïla Marrakchi
– Club Kid – Jordan Firstman
– Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – Jane Schoenbrun
– Everytime – Sandra Wollner
– I’ll Be Gone in June – Katharina Rivilis
– Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep – Rakan Mayasi
– The Meltdown – Manuela Martelli
– Elephants in the Fog – Abinash Bikram Shah
– Iron Boy – Louis Clichy
– Ben’imana – Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
– Congo Boy – Rafiki Fariala
– Ula – Viesturs Kairišs
– Forever Your Eternal Animal – Valentina Maurel
– Words of Love – Rudi Rosenberg
– All the Lovers in the Night – Sode Yukiko
– Her Private Hell – Nicolas Winding Refn
– Diamond – Andy Garcia
– Objet du Deli – Agnes Jaoui
– De Gaulle: L’Age de Fer – Antonin Baudry
– L’abandon – Vincent Garenq
– Karma – Guillame Canet
– Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner – Kiyoshi Kurosawa
– Propeller One-Way Night Coach – John Travolta
– The Third Night – Daniel Auteil
– The Match – Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco
– Visitation – Volker Schlondorff
– John Lennon: The Last Interview – Steven Soderbergh
– Avedon – Ron Howard
– Les Survivants du Che – Christophe Réveille
– Les Matins Merveilleux – Avril Besson
– Cantona – David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas
– Rehearsals for a Revolution – Pegah Ahangarani
– L’affaire Marie-Claire – Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller
– Roma Elastica – Betrand Mandico
– Full Phil – Quentin Dupieux
– Colony – Yeon Sang-ho
– Jim Queen – Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen
– Sanguine – Marion Le Coroller
– The Electric Kiss – Pierre Salvadori (previously announced, out of competition)