SPECIAL: Cannes Critics' Update
SPECIAL: CANNES CRITICS UPDATE-THURSDAY
As an addendum to today's regular post I am updating the critics' charts with the most recently available information.
We're looking what seem to be the eight critical favorites from the Palme d'Or competition. Each of them are somewhere on the MTFB radar as possible titles for TFF #53. Currently, the charts are missing sufficient data on 4-5 films (keep an eye on the critical response to Lukas Dhont's Coward) Award winners will be announced on Saturday.
Here's the rundown on each film from each critical accumulator I'm following: Ioncinema, Screen Daily, The International Cinephile Society and Cannes-ratings.org.
IONCINEMA (5 point scale)
1) Fatherland 3.7
1) Fjord 3.7
3) Minotaur 3.5
4) All of a Sudden 3.3
5) Paper Tiger 3.2
5) The Beloved 3.2
5) Hope 3.2
8) Bitter Christmas 2.9
SCREEN DAILY (4 point scale)
1) Fatherland 3.3
2) Minotaur 3.2
3) All of a Sudden 3.1
4) Paper Tiger 2.8
4) Hope 2.8
6) Fjord 2,5
7) Bitter Christmas 2.2
8) The Beloved 2.0
INTERNATIONAL CINEPHILE SOCIETY (4 point scale)
1) Paper Tiger 3.69
2) Fatherland 3.54
3) All of a Sudden 3.38
4) Minotaur 3.23
5) Bitter Christmas 3.04
6) Fjord 2.82
7) Hope 2.71
8) The Beloved 2.54
CANNES-RATINGS.ORG (10 point scale)
1) Bitter Christmas 7.61
2) Minotaur 7.38
3) All of a Sudden 6.86
4) Fjord 6.69
5) The Beloved 6.51
5) Hope 6.51
7) Fatherland 6.03
8) Paper Tiger 6.02
and the MTFB "touch" the combination from all four sources*.
1) Minotaur 13.62
2) Fatherland 13.56
3) All of a Sudden 13.21
4) Paper Tiger 12.70
5) Fjord 12.37
6) Bitter Christmas 12.00
7) Hope 11.95
8) The Beloved
* Ratings have been balanced for each source.
Finally the Kalshi line this morning for the Palme d'Or have All of a sudden and Minotaur in a dead heat closely followed by Fatherland.
Source links:
https://www.ioncinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-cannes-grid-bitter-christmas.jpg
https://www.screendaily.com/cannes-jury-grid
https://icsfilm.org/cannes-ics-grid/cannes-2026-ics-press-industry-panel/
https://cannes-ratings.org/
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