When is the 2027 Cannes Film Festival?

11–22 May 2027 — the 80th edition, at the Palais des Festivals.

Can I go without an industry badge?

Yes. The beach cinema is free, Cinéphiles passes give locals and visitors access to some screenings, and the town itself is the event in the evenings.

Which week is cheaper?

The second. The market closes mid-festival and the Croisette empties, taking a third off the room rates.

Is staying in Nice realistic?

Very. Thirty minutes on the train, every twenty minutes, and a city that has rooms in May.

When do the hotels actually go?

A year out for the Croisette — the same clients return to the same suites annually. Everything else follows about six months ahead.

Cannes Film Festival 2027

Name: Cannes Film Festival 2027
Start: 2027-05-11
End: 2027-05-22
Location: Palais des Festivals

Cannes, France

11–22 May 2027

Confirmed by organizer

The 80th edition, 11–22 May 2027, confirmed by the festival and shown on festival-cannes.com. The Marché du Film normally runs alongside the first nine days.

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Hotels for these dates

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Our verdict

Go: The first weekend for the premieres, the second week for a seat
Stay: Juan-les-Pins & Antibes
Book by: May 2026 — the Croisette books a year ahead, every year

Cannes is a working market as much as a festival, and the industry takes the Croisette for all twelve days. Without a badge, the public screenings and the beach cinema are the event — and they are much easier to enjoy from a train stop away than from a room you cannot afford.

Illustration: a Mediterranean seafront promenade in May, palm trees and white yachts, warm evening light along the bay — Illustration — a generated image of the kind of scene, not a photograph of the venue.

Which days to go

Day	What happens	Hotel price	Our call
Opening days11–13 May 2027	Opening ceremony and the first competition premieres; the Marché opens	×3	The most expensive nights of the fortnight, and the hardest to book
First weekend14–17 May 2027	Peak festival — the big premieres, the yachts, the queues on the Croisette	×3.2	Come now only if the red carpet is the point; stay outside Cannes
Second week18–20 May 2027	The market thins out, screenings get easier, the town becomes a town again	×2	The value week — same films, half the crowd, rooms you can actually get
Closing weekend21–22 May 2027	Awards on the Saturday evening, then the winners screen again	×2.4	A good compromise — the Palme d'Or screening is the easiest ticket of the festival

Hotel price is what the same hotel costs on these dates against its rate four weeks before the event. Crowd and price are our estimates from how the event has run, not live rates.

Where to stay

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#	District	To the venue	Price	What it is
1	La Croisette	5 min walk	$$$$	The red carpet is outside the door; the most expensive fortnight on the French coast
2	Cannes centre & Le Suquet	15 min walk	$$$	Behind the Croisette, the old town and the station; real prices, same walk
3	Juan-les-Pins & Antibes	35 min train	$$$	Fifteen minutes by train, a resort of its own, and half the room rate
4	Nice	50 min train	$$$	A city with thousands of rooms and a TER every twenty minutes down the coast
5	Mandelieu & Mougins	30 min drive	$$	Inland and west, with parking; what people book when the coast has gone

Hotel	What it is	Book
La Croisette
Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes	Next door to the Palais; the festival's own hotel, priced accordingly	Booking Expedia
Cannes centre & Le Suquet
Five Seas Hotel Cannes	Two streets behind the Croisette, which is the whole saving	Booking Expedia
Juan-les-Pins & Antibes
Hôtel Belles Rives	On the water at Juan-les-Pins, fifteen minutes by train	Booking Expedia
Nice
Hôtel Le Negresco	Nice's landmark on the Promenade, with a TER down the coast	Booking Expedia
Mandelieu & Mougins
Pullman Cannes Mandelieu Royal Casino	Inland with parking, twenty-five minutes from the Palais	Booking Expedia

When to book

12 mo beforeMay 2026
Croisette hotels, at rates set a year ahead
Already gone
9 mo beforeAugust 2026
Apartments in central Cannes for the full twelve days
Already gone
6 mo beforeNovember 2026
Antibes, Juan-les-Pins and the first week in Nice
3 mo beforeFebruary 2027
Anything on the coastal railway; inland and a car is what is left

Getting there

Nice Côte d’Azur is 35 minutes away by road and has its own tram to the station for the coastal train. The TER from Nice to Cannes runs every twenty minutes and takes half an hour — it is the reason staying along the line works so well.

Inside Cannes, everything is walking distance from the Palais. During the festival the Croisette is closed to traffic in the evenings and the rue d’Antibes becomes the only way across town.

Public screenings at the Cinéma de la Plage are free and open to everyone — no badge, no ticket, just an early arrival.

Flights to NCE Trains and buses

Tickets

Accreditation and public screenings (festival-cannes.com)Official

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Questions

When is the 2027 Cannes Film Festival?: 11–22 May 2027 — the 80th edition, at the Palais des Festivals.
Can I go without an industry badge?: Yes. The beach cinema is free, Cinéphiles passes give locals and visitors access to some screenings, and the town itself is the event in the evenings.
Which week is cheaper?: The second. The market closes mid-festival and the Croisette empties, taking a third off the room rates.
Is staying in Nice realistic?: Very. Thirty minutes on the train, every twenty minutes, and a city that has rooms in May.
When do the hotels actually go?: A year out for the Croisette — the same clients return to the same suites annually. Everything else follows about six months ahead.

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