Everytime

Winner of the Grand Prix in the Un Certain Regard section at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Sandra Wollner's film follows an unlikely bond between a mother, her daughter, and a teenage boy held responsible for a tragic death. Haunted by questions of guilt, blame and forgiveness, the three travel to Tenerife for a family holiday that never took place. Against the sunlit beaches of the island, past, present and future gradually fold into one another. With remarkable sensitivity and a finely tuned sense of mystery, the German director explores grief in the aftermath of a tragedy that defies any rational understanding.

Cannes Film Festival 2026 – Un Certain Regard – Main Prize
Toronto International Film Festival 2026 – Centrepiece
BFI London Film Festival 2026

Sandra Wollner is an Austrian film director and screenwriter known for her provocative, uncompromising approach to cinema and themes of memory, identity, and artificial existence. She made her feature directorial debut with The Impossible Picture (Das unmögliche Bild, 2016), shot entirely on 16mm, which won the German Film Critics' Award. Wollner gained major international acclaim with her controversial sci-fi drama The Trouble with Being Born (2020), which premiered at the Berlinale and won the Special Jury Award in the Encounters section. Her third feature, Everytime (2026), premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, taking home the section's top prize.

Das unmögliche Bild (2016)
The Trouble With Being Born (2020)

Original title: Everytime
Director: Sandra Wollner
Cast: Birgit Minichmayr, Tristan López, Lotte Keiling, Carla Hüttermann
Cinematography: Gregory Oke
Screenwriter: Sandra Wollner
Producers: David Bohun, Camille Chanel, Lixi Frank, Viktoria Stolpe
Editor: Hannes Bruun
Music: David Schweighart
Hungarian Distributor: Vertigo Média
Colour: colour
Run Time: 119 mins