Cannes film festival winners - Screens - Arts & Culture
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" by (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)
- Best short film: Tawfeek Barhom for "I Am Glad You're Dead Now" by (Palestine-Greece-France)
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