Saturday the 20th also signalled the closing of this year’s festival with the customary prize ceremonies, including the main competition and the Un Certain Regard section, topped off by the awarding of the prestigious Palme d’Or. Here’s a quick breakdown of the night’s big winners.
Main Competition
-Palme d’Or-
Image Source: Getty Images
‘Shoplifters’(Manbiki Kazoku) by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)
-Grand Prix-
Image Source: Getty Images
‘BlacKkKlansman’ by Spike Lee (USA)
-Jury Prize-
Image Source: Getty Images
‘Capernaum’ (Cafarnaúm) by Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
-Best Director-
Image Source: Getty Images
Paweł Pawlikowski for ‘Cold War’ (Zimna Wojna) (Poland)
-Best Actor-
Image Source: Getty Images
Marcello Fonte for ‘Dogman’ (Italy)
-Best Actress-
Image Source: Getty Images
Samal Yeslyamova for ‘Ayka’ (Kazakhstan)
-Best Screenplay-
Image Source: Getty Images
A tie between ‘Happy as Lazzaro’ by Alice Rohrwacher (Italy) and ‘3 Faces’ by Jafar Panahi (Iran)
Cannes 2018 awards (Courtesy of FRANCE 24 English)
Un Certain Regard
-Main Prize-
‘Border’(Gräns) by Ali Abbasi (Sweden and Denmark)
-Jury Prize-
‘The Dead and the Others’ (Brazil) by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
-Directing Prize-
Sergei Loznitsa for ‘Donbass’ (Ukraine)
-Screenplay Prize-
‘Sofia’ (Belgium) by Meryem Benm’Barek-Aloïsi
-Best Actor Prize-
Victor Polster for ‘Girl’ (Belgium)
Best of Cannes 2018 sights & sounds (Courtesy of Festival de Cannes)
#TriviaTuesday: A cost-cutting insect-like suit was the early design for the alien hunter in 1987's 'Predator'—unsuccessfully worn by the character's first actor Jean-Claude Van Damme—but it was ditched for a now iconic Stan Winston design at twice the price. Money well spent. pic.twitter.com/pvbTmpgUIB
#TriviaTuesday: ‘Big Kahuna Burger’ is most certainly the fictional fast food of choice in the Tarantinoverse, appearing or referenced in 'Reservoir Dogs', 'From Dusk Till Dawn', 'Death Proof', 'Four Rooms', as well as its starring turn in 1994’s 'Pulp Fiction' of course. pic.twitter.com/k3xVsbDuA6