Saturday the 25th 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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‘Anora’ (US) by Sean Baker
-Grand Prix-
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‘All We Imagine as Light’ (India) by Payal Kapadia
-Jury Prize-
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‘Emilia Pérez’ (France, Mexico) by Jacques Audiard
-Best Director-
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Miguel Gomes for ‘Grand Tour’ (Portugal)
-Best Actor-
Jesse Plemons for ‘Kinds of Kindness’ (UK, Ireland, US)
-Best Actress-
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Adriana Paz, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña for ‘Emilia Pérez’ (France, Mexico)
-Best Screenplay-
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Coralie Fargeat for ‘The Substance’ (UK, US, France)
-Special Prize-
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Mohammad Rasoulof for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ (Iran, France, Germany)
Un Certain Regard
-Main Prize-
‘Black Dog’ (China) by Guan Hu
-Jury Prize-
‘The Story of Souleymane’ (France) by Boris Lojkine
-Best Director-
Roberto Minervini for ‘The Damned’ (Italy, Belgium, US) and Rungano Nyoni for ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ (Zambia, UK, Ireland)
-Best Actor-
Abou Sangare for ‘The Story of Souleymane’ (France)
-Best Actress-
Anasuya Sengupta for ‘The Shameless’ (India)
-Youth Prize-
‘Holy Cow’ (France) by Louise Courvoisier
-Special Mention-
‘Norah’ (Saudi Arabia) by Tawfik Alzaidi
Honorary Palme d’Or
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Meryl Streep
George Lucas
Studio Ghibli
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