Cannes film festival winners
CANNES – The 78th Cannes film festival ended Saturday on the French Riviera with the award of its top prize, the Palme d'Or.
Here is a list of the winners in the festival's main competition:
Palme d'Or: Jafar Panahi for 'It Was Just an Accident' (Iran)
Grand Prix: Joachim Trier for 'Sentimental Value' (Norway)
Jury prize: Oliver Laxe for 'Sirat' (Spain-France) and Mascha Schilinski for 'Sound of Falling' (Germany)
Best director: Kleber Mendonca Filho for 'The Secret Agent' (Brazil)
Best actress: Nadia Melliti for 'The Little Sister' (France)
Best actor: Wagner Moura for 'The Secret Agent' (Brazil)
Special prize: Bi Gan for 'Resurrection' (China)
Best screenplay: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for 'Young Mothers' (Belgium)
Camera d'Or for best first film: Hasan Hadi for 'The President's Cake' (Iraq). Special mention for 'My Father's Shadow' by Akinola Davies (Nigeria-Britain)
Best short film: Tawfeek Barhom for 'I Am Glad You're Dead Now' (Palestine-Greece-France)
–AFP
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