Saturday the 28th 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-
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ (Sweden) by Ruben Östlund
-Grand Prix-
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‘Close’ (Belgium) by Lukas Dhont and ‘Stars at Noon’ (France) by Claire Denis
-Jury Prize-
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‘EO’ (Poland) by Jerzy Skolimowski and ‘The Eight Mountains’ (Italy,Belgium) by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
-Best Director-
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Park Chan-wook for ‘Decision to Leave’ (South Korea)
-Best Actor-
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Song Kang-ho for ‘Broker’ (South Korea)
-Best Actress-
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Zahra Amir Ebrahimi for ‘Holy Spider’ (Sweden, Denmark, Germany)
-Best Screenplay-
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Tarik Saleh for ‘Boy from Heaven’ (Sweden,France,Finland,Denmark)
Un Certain Regard
-Main Prize-
‘The Worst Ones’ (France) by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret
-Jury Prize-
‘Joyland’ (Pakistan) by Saim Sadiq
-Best Director-
Alexandru Belc for ‘Metronom’ (Romania,France)
-Best Performance-
Vicky Krieps in ‘Corsage’ (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany) and Adam Bessa in ‘Harka’ (Frane, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Belgium)
-Best Screenplay-
‘Mediterranean Fever‘ (Palestine, Germany, France) by Maha Haj
-Coup de Cœur-
‘Rodéo’ (France) by Lola Quivoron
-75th Anniversary Prize-
‘Tori and Lokita’ (Belgium) by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
-Golden Camera-
‘War Pony’ (USA) by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell
Honorary Palme d’Or
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Forest Whitaker
Tom Cruise
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