Ken Russell’s The Devils will screen at Cannes with a new 4K restoration

Ken Russell's The Devils will screen at Cannes Classics in a new 4K restoration, according to the Festival de Cannes' official 2026 lineup announcement.

The festival says the 1971 film was restored from the original camera negative, with sound remastered from the original English Composite 35mm Mag Film and other original film elements. Warner Bros. Clockwork is presenting the screening.

The Cannes announcement gives the film a major public platform again after decades of controversy and censorship. The lineup also lists Mark Kermode and Elisabeth Russell as attendees for the screening.

Trade coverage from Screen, Fangoria and World of Reel followed the festival announcement on May 5, but the key news peg is the official Cannes release.

For restoration watchers, the screening matters because it signals that a long-discussed title is returning in a new form, and because Cannes is positioning the film as part of its classic-cinema slate rather than as a niche revival.

The immediate question is whether Warner Bros. will follow the Cannes screening with any wider release or home-video announcement.