The curtains closed on the 78th Festival de Cannes with a striking and diverse slate of winners, selected by a prestigious international jury led by French actress Juliette Binoche. Joining her on the panel were American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo, Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Strong. Together, they selected standout films from the 22 entries in Competition.
Feature Films
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Palme d’Or: Un Simple Accident by Jafar Panahi
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Grand Prix: Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value) by Joachim Trier
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Joint Jury Prize:
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Sirât by Oliver Laxe
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Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski
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Best Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho for O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent)
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Best Screenplay: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Jeunes Mères
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Best Actress: Nadia Melliti in La Petite Dernière by Hafsia Herzi
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Best Actor: Wagner Moura in O Agente Secreto by Kleber Mendonça Filho
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Special Prize: Kuang Ye Shi Dai (Resurrection) by Bi Gan
Short Films
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Palme d’Or: I’m Glad You’re Dead Now by Tawfeek Barhom
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Special Mention: Ali by Adnan Al Rajeev
Un Certain Regard
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Un Certain Regard Prize: La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco (The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo) by Diego Céspedes
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Jury Prize (First Film): Un Poeta (A Poet) by Simón Mesa Soto
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Best Directing: Arab and Tarzan Nasser for Once Upon a Time in Gaza
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Best Actor: Frank Dillane in Urchin by Harris Dickinson
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Best Actress: Cleo Diára in O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) by Pedro Pinho
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Best Screenplay (First Film): Pillion by Harry Lighton
Caméra d’Or
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Caméra d’Or Prize: The President’s Cake by Hasan Hadi
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Directors’ Fortnight – Special Mention: My Father’s Shadow by Akinola Davies Jr
La Cinef
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First Prize: First Summer by Heo Gayoung (KAFA, South Korea)
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Second Prize: 12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony by Qu Zhizheng (Beijing Film Academy, China)
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Joint Third Prize:
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Ginger Boy by Miki Tanaka (ENBU Seminar, Japan)
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Winter in March by Natalia Mirzoyan (Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia)
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Technical Awards
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CST Award for Best Artist-Technician:
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Ruben Impens (Director of Photography)
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Stéphane Thiébaut (Mixer)
For Alpha directed by Julia Ducournau
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CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician:
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Éponine Momenceau (Director of Photography)
For Connemara by Alex Lutz
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