The 2006 horror-fantasy classic Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro, is set to make it’s return to Cannes nearly two decades since it left audiences in an over 20-minute standing ovation all the way back in 2006.
Del Toro will be in attendance as the film kicks off the 2026 Cannes Classic lineup with a pre-opening screening. Del Toro reportedly personally supervised every stage of the 4K restoration process from the original 35mm negative film that starred Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, and Álex Angulo.
According to the official synopsis: “Pan’s Labyrinth, from visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, is an Academy Award®–winning dark fantasy set in 1944 Spain. As fascist forces tighten their grip following the Spanish Civil War, young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) is uprooted to a remote military outpost commanded by her cruel stepfather (Sergi López).”
2026 Cannes Classics’ feature lineup includes the following:
- Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
- The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen, 2001)
- Pelechian Project (Artavazd Pelechian, 1966–1975)
- Sierra de Teruel (Espoir) (André Malraux, 1938)
- Moonlighting (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1982)
- Metti una sera a cena (Love Circle) (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1968)
- Amma Ariyan (Report to Mother) (John Abraham, 1986)
- Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, 1993)
- Man of Iron (Andrzej Wajda, 1981)
- Eva (Maria Plyta, 1953)
- The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
- La casa del angel (The House of Angel) (Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, 1957)
- La ciociara (Two Women) (Vittorio De Sica, 1960)
- La dérive (The Drift) (Paula Delsol, 1964)
- La symphonie pastorale (Pastoral Symphony) (Jean Delannoy, 1946)
- L’innocente (The Innocent) (Luchino Visconti, 1976)
- Lu Bing Hua (The Dull-Ice Flower) (Yang Li-Kuo, 1989)
- Machine Gun Kelly (Roger Corman, 1958)
- Meeuwen sterven in de haven (Seagulls Die in the Harbour) (Roland Verhavert, Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, 1955)
- Sugata Sanshiro (Akira Kurosawa, 1943)
- Tilaï (Idrissa Ouedraogo, 1990)
- The Stranger (Orson Welles, 1945)
