Ruben Östlund, two-time Palme d’Or winner, may not participate in Cannes this year (The arena, Triangle of sadness) He took his new film, which was not yet completed, The entertainment system is down He’s out of contention for the 2026 festival — but he still finds time to make a quick trip to the Croisette.
The Swedish director said Hollywood Reporter He is still in the post-production stage of the film, and is not expected to finish it before the end of the year. Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl and Keanu Reeves are among the starring stars in Östlund’s new satire, set on a long-haul flight between England and Australia where the entertainment system fails and passengers are forced to confront the existential horror of boredom.
Östlund said he continues to edit the film, including adding a new sequence with… succession Star Nicholas Brown.
He said, “I’m going to Amsterdam. We’re going to shoot a little extra scene that came up during editing.” “I came up with an idea while editing and I think it’s really cool, so we’re going to run with it.”
Östlund began principal photography in The entertainment system is down In late January 2024, 75 Spectacular Days was filmed in a single studio built around a real Boeing 747 that was acquired and outfitted specifically for the film.
The sheer volume of footage accumulated during the extended shoot resulted in a long editing process. “I could go completely crazy and never stop editing the movie,” Östlund joked, before quickly reassuring his fans that the movie wouldn’t take long. “I’m already starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
However, the real reason for Östlund’s visit to the Croisette was not his own film, but a new project that he hopes will change the way people discover cinema. Along with fellow Swedish directors Felix Herngren, director The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappearedAnd Johan Kindblom, writer and creator of the famous Swedish series CleoÖstlund launched MyList – a movie recommendation platform built on a simple but increasingly radical premise: that human taste trumps algorithmic curation.
The site, which has just launched in Sweden, invites filmmakers, actors, writers, musicians, politicians and ordinary film fans alike to compile personal lists of recommended films, arranged by topic or category, with context and personal reflections.
Östlund gathered his famous friends and collaborators to prepare the lists. Dunst, Brühl, and Reeves all posted top 5 picks on my list, as did Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski, who is currently in competition at Cannes with his new film. HomelandAnd the Palme d’Or and the Oscar Sean Baker (Anura). Baker’s list is not a typical top 5, but rather a selection of films that he believes best depict the experience of heroin addiction through a frank, personal account of his struggles with drugs.
MyList’s founders say it was frustration with the prevailing model of movie discovery — whether driven by streaming algorithms or aggregate ratings — that prompted them to launch their alternative site.
“Today, you rate almost everything — you rate the beach, you rate the streets, you rate the restaurants, you rate your kids, your wife. It’s not a good way to look at life,” Herngren said. “With this site, the recommendation becomes meaningful and personal. It becomes more than just: Was it four, five, or three?”
Östlund is also attracted to the platform’s ability to bridge the gap between film industry insiders and the broader audience. “It’s interesting to be able to bring together professionals from the industry – actors and film critics – alongside people who work in something completely different,” he said, noting that the site’s ambition extends beyond cinephiles. “MyList has a simple approach to trying to reach people who might not have considered themselves movie fans.”
On the practical side, MyList will link each recommended title directly to the streaming options available in the user’s area — solving, Herngren said, the familiar frustration of receiving a recommendation and then having no idea where to actually watch it. The team also has plans to eventually incorporate links to theatrical performances, although this functionality has not yet been live.
The site is ad-supported and free to users, with a small referral fee paid by participating streaming services when users click through to their platforms — and Netflix, in particular, has yet to sign on. For now, MyList is only available in Sweden, but the founders say an English version of the site is imminent, and a broader European and eventually global rollout will follow.
“The Internet has no boundaries,” Kindblom said. “He will travel.”
