Poland’s young talent was on show with the Canal+ Award going to The Best Fireworks Ever by young director Aleksandra Terpinska. The Un Certain Regard Prize went to Lerd / A Man of Integrity, an Iran/Czech Republic coproduction directed by Mohammad Rasoulof and coproduced in the Czech Republic by Prague based MagicLab . The film was shot in Iran with the Prague based VFX and post production studio providing post-production.
The FIPRESCI International Critics awarded its top prize for best film in the main competition to BPM (Beats Per Minute) directed by Robin Campillo.
The FNE FIPRESCI Critics ratings chose the winning film The Square as the top rated film in the main competition. The FNE FIPRESCI Critics ratings for the main Competition, Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics Week can be seen HERE.
Competition
Palme d’Or
The Square (Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, USA)
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Special Prize of the 70th Anniversary of Cannes Film Festival
Nicole Kidman
Grand Prix
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France)
Directed by Robin Campillo
Best Director
Sofia Coppola for The Beguiled (USA)
Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix for You Were Never Really Here (France, UK, USA)
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Best Actress
Diane Kruger for In the Fade (Germany, France)
Directed by Fatih Akin
Jury Prize
Loveless (Russia, France, Germany, Belgium)
Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Best Screenplay
Ex-aqueo
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Ireland, UK, USA)
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
and
You Were Never Really Here (UK)
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
OTHER PRIZES
Camera d’Or
Jeune femme / Montparnasse-Bienvenüe (France)
Directed by Léonor Serraille
Short Films Palme d’Or
Xiao Cheng Er Yue (China)
Directed by Qiu Yang
Short Films Special Mention
Katto (Finland)
Directed by Teppo Airaksinen
Golden Eye Documentary Prize
Faces Places / Visages Villages (France)
Directed by Agnès Varda, JR
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize
Lerd / A Man of Integrity (Iran, Czech Republic)
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
Best Actress
Jasmine Trinca for Fortunata
Directed by Sergio Castellitto
Best Poetic Narrative
Barbara
Directed by Mathieu Amalric
Best Director
Taylor Sheridan for Wind River
Jury Prize
Las Hijas De Abril/ April’s Daughter
Directed by Michel Franco
Directors’ Fortnight
Art Cinema Award
The Rider (USA)
Directed by Chloe Zhao
Europa Cineams Label Award
A Ciambra (Italy, Brazil, USA.)
Directed by Jonas Carpignano
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) Prize
Ex-aqueo
Let the Sunshine In (France)
Directed by Claire Denis
and
Lover For a Day (France)
Directed by Philippe Garrel
Illy Short Film Prize
Back To Genoa City (France)
Directed by Benoit Grimalt
Critics Week Prizes
Nespresso Grand Prize
Makala (France)
Directed by Emmanuel Gras
France 4 Visionary Award
Gabriel and the Mountain (Brazil, France)
Directed by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
Leica Cine Discovery Prize for Short Films
Los Desheredados (Spain)
Directed by Laura Ferrés
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Gabriel and the Mountain (Brazil, France)
Directed by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
SACD Award
Ava (France)
Directed by Léa Mysius
Canal+ Award for Short Films
The Best Fireworks Ever (Poland)
Directed by Aleksandra Terpinska
Cinefoundation Prizes
First Prize
Paul Est La / Paul Is Here (Belgium)
Directed by Valentina Maurel Insas
Second Prize
Heyvan / AniMal (Iran)
Directed by Bahram and Bahman ARK
Iranian National School of Cinema
Third Prize
Deux Egares Sont Morts / Two Youths Died (France)
Directed by Tommaso Usberti
Parallel Sections Prizes
FIPRESCI Prizes
Competition
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France)
Directed by Robin Campillo
Un Certain Regard
Closeness (Russia)
Directed by Kantemir Balagov
Directors’ Fortnight
The Nothing Factory (Portugal)
Directed by Pedro Pinho
Ecumenical Jury Prize
Radiance (France, Japan)
Directed by Naomi Kawase
