"The first big standing ovation at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival wasn't for a new film. It was for Guillermo Del Toro, at the conclusion of the Pan's Labyrinth screening. "Fuck AI," he said, to deafening applause. It's a weird Cannes, which means even our annual standing-o-meter is going to be a little funky."
"Every year, Vulture averages the timers the big trade papers report at both the Cannes and Venice. We've noticed some trends. Over two Venice Film Festivals and one Cannes, we've logged 196 minutes of applause from Variety, 207.04 from The Hollywood Reporter, and 220.1 from Deadline. And that's only counting films which all three covered. In theory, these three numbers should be exactly the same, as they are measuring the same 21 moments in time."
"But there's, on average, one minute more in Deadline's calculations than Variety's, with THR refusing to take a side like The Valley's Tom Schwartz. And yet we must still measure the O. How else will we make our early MFL draft picks? Once again, we are finding the mean applause duration, showing you every film from Cannes 2026 and how ovated it really was."
"Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma slays for 7 minutes "OK, what should we do now?" star Hannah Einbinder quipped as the standing ovation for the latest Jane Schoenbrun jawn died down. The joke came either 6 (per Variety and) or 9 (according to Deadline) minutes after the clapping began. Either way, it's a good sign for Schoenbrun."
Guillermo del Toro drew the first big standing ovation at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival after a screening of Pan’s Labyrinth. He concluded by saying “Fuck AI,” followed by loud applause. The festival’s unusual moment is reflected in a tracking method that averages applause timing reported by major trade outlets at Cannes and Venice. Applause minutes are logged for films covered by all three outlets, using the same set of 21 moments in time. The outlets produce slightly different totals, with Deadline typically calculating about one minute more than Variety, while The Hollywood Reporter refuses to take a side. The tracking also reports that Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma received a seven-minute standing ovation, and Hannah Einbinder joked as the ovation for Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film ended.
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