Cannes 2026 presents a rich selection of animated films spread across multiple sections, with Un Certain Regard screening the French 2D animation **Fallen** by Louis Clichy and the mature animation debut **Jim Queen** by Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané playing in the Midnight section. **In Waves** by Phuong Mai Nguyen opens Critics' Week as the first animated film ever, while Quentin Dupieux closes his first animated film, **Le vertige**, in Directors' Fortnight. Furthermore, **Tangles** by Leah Nelson and **We Are Aliens** by Kohei Kadowaki debut as a Special Screening and in Directors' Fortnight, respectively, with Niki Lindroth von Bahr's stop-motion short film **THE END** competing in the Short Films Competition.

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