The winners of the 78th Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) have been announced, with the top prize, the Palme d’Or going to ‘Un Simple Accident’ (It was just an Accident), a thriller directed by Jafar Panahi, and co-produced by Iran, France and Luxembourg.
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The winners were chosen by Jury President, French actress Juliette Binoche and her jury which included American actress Halle Berry, ‘Succession’ actor Jeremy Strong, as well as film directors and producers from India, Mexico, Korea and other countries.
There were 22 films presented in Competition this year. These are the winners:
Feature Films
Palme d’or
UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT
Jafar Panahi
Grand Prix
AFFEKSJONSVERDI (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
Joachim Trier
Joint Jury Prize
SIRÂT
Oliver Laxe
SOUND OF FALLING
Mascha Schilinski
Best Director
KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO
for O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT)
Best Screenplay
JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE
for JEUNES MÈRES
Best Performance by an Actress
NADIA MELLITI
in LA PETITE DERNIÈRE directed by HAFSIA HERZI
Best Performance by an Actor
WAGNER MOURA
in O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT) directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Special Award
RESURRECTION
Bi Gan
Short Films
Palme d’or
I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Tawfeek Barhom
Special Mention
ALI
Adnan Al Rajeev
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize
LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)
Diego Céspedes
Jury Prize
UN POETA (A POET)
Simón Mesa Soto
Best Director Prize
ARAB & TARZAN NASSER
for ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Best Screenplay
HARRY LIGHTON
for PILLION
Best Performance by an Actress
CLEO DIÁRA
in O RISO E A FACA (I ONLY REST IN THE STORM) directed by Pedro Pinho
Best Performance by an Actor
FRANK DILLANE
in URCHIN directed by Harris Dickinson
Caméra d’or
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE
Hassan Hadi
Directors’ Fortnight
Special Mention
MY FATHER’S SHADOW
Akinola Davies Jr
Un Certain Regard
La Cinef
First Prize
FIRST SUMMER
directed by Heo Gayoung
KAFA, South Korea
Second Prize
12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY
directed by Qu Zhizheng
Beijing Film Academy, China
Joint Third Prize
GINGER BOY
directed by Miki Tanaka
ENBU Seminar, Japan
WINTER IN MARCH
directed by Natalia Mirzoyan
Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia
