Cannes Film Festival Boosts Spanish Films

The International Casting Directors Association (ICDA) officially launched its new guidelines on the use of AI in casting. They were announced during the Cannes Film Festival, to address the growing ethical, creative, and professional challenges posed by the increasing use of AI within the casting i

Over 2025-26, no country anywhere in the world outside France, not even the U.S., has had more Cannes Palme d’Or contenders than Spain. Pedro Almodóvar, Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo have made Cannes’ 2026 main competition cut; Oliver Laxe and Carla Simón were selected in 20