2025 Cannes Festival winners

Palme d'or
UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT
Jafar PANAHI
Grand Prix
AFFEKSJONSVERDI (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
Joachim TRIER
 
Joint Jury Prize
SIRÂT
Oliver LAXE
SOUND OF FALLING
Mascha SCHILINSKI
Best Director
Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO
for O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT)
 
Best Screenplay
Jean-Pierre DARDENNE & Luc DARDENNE
for JEUNES MÈRES
 
Best performance by an actress
Nadia MELLITI
in LA PETITE DERNIÈRE directed by Hafsia HERZI
 
Best performance by an actor
Wagner MOURA
in O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT) directed by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO
Special Prize
KUANG YE SHI DAI (RESURRECTION)
Bi GAN
 

Winners of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival

• Palme d'Or: Parasite by Bong Joon-ho
• Grand Prix: Atlantics by Mati Diop
• Jury Prize:
  • Bacurau by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
  • Les Misérables by Ladj Ly - Watch for Free!
• Best Director: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Young Ahmed
• Best Actress: Emily Beecham for Little Joe
• Best Actor: Antonio Banderas for Pain and Glory
• Best Screenplay: Céline Sciamma for Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• Special Mention: Elia Suleiman for It Must Be Heaven

Winners at the Cannes Film Festival 2018

PALME D'OR

MANBIKI KAZOKU (Shoplifters) directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu

 
GRAND PRIX

BLACKKKLANSMAN (Black Klansman) directed by Spike LEE

 
JURY PRIZE

CAPHARNAÜM directed by Nadine LABAKI

 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Marcello FONTE in DOGMAN directed by Matteo GARRONE

 
BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE

ZIMNA WOJNA (Cold War) directed by Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI

 
BEST SCREENPLAY EX-ÆQUO

Alice ROHRWACHER for LAZZARO FELICE (Happy as Lazzaro)

Jafar PANAHI for SE ROKH (3 Faces) directed by Jafar PANAHI
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Samal YESLYAMOVA in AYKA directed by Sergey DVORTSEVOY

 
SPECIAL PALME D'OR

LE LIVRE D’IMAGE (Image Book) directed by Jean-Luc GODARD

Winners at the Cannes Film Festival 2017

PALME D'OR

THE SQUARE directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND

The Palme d'or was awarded by Juliette Binoche and Pedro Almodóvar.

 

70th ANNIVERSARY AWARD

Nicole KIDMAN

The 70th Anniversary Award was awarded by Will Smith.

 

GRAND PRIX

120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE (BPM – Beats Per Minute) directed by Robin CAMPILLO

The Grand Prix was awarded by Costa-Gavras and Agnès Jaoui.

 

BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE

Sofia COPPOLA for THE BEGUILED

The Best Director Prize was awarded by Fan BingBing and Gabriel Yared.

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Joaquin PHOENIX in YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE directed by Lynne RAMSAY

The Best Performance by an Actor Prize was awarded by Jessica Chastain.

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Diane KRUGER in AUS DEM NICHTS (In The Fade) directed by Fatih AKIN

The Best Performance by an Actress Prize was awarded by Irène Jacob and Paolo Sorrentino

 

JURY PRIZE

NELYUBOV (Loveless) directed by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

The Jury Prize was awarded by Maren Ade and Guillaume Gallienne.

 

BEST SCREENPLAY EX-ÆQUO

Yorgos LANTHIMOS and Efthimis FILIPPOU for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Lynne RAMSAY for YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

The Best Screenplay Prize was awarded by Marisa Paredes and Park Chan-wook.

 

SHORT FILMS - COMPETITION

PALME D'OR

XIAO CHENG ER YUE (A Gentle Night) directed by QIU Yang

 

SPECIAL DISTINCTION BY THE JURY

KATTO (The Ceiling) directed by Teppo AIRAKSINEN

The Palme d'or and the Jury Special Mention for Shorts Films were awarded by Uma Thurman and Cristian Mungiu.

Winners Cannes Film Festival 2015

IN COMPETITION :

FEATURE FILMS

Palme d'Or
DHEEPAN Directed by Jacques AUDIARD
Grand Prix
SAUL FIA (SON OF SAUL) Directed by László NEMES
Award for Best Director
HOU Hsiao-Hsien for NIE YINNIANG (THE ASSASSIN)
Award for Best Screenplay
Michel FRANCO for CHRONIC
Award for Best Actress Ex-aequo
Emmanuelle BERCOT in MON ROI Directed by MAÏWENN
Rooney MARA in CAROL Directed by Todd HAYNES
Award for Best Actor
Vincent LINDON in LA LOI DU MARCHÉ (THE MEASURE OF A MAN) Directed by Stéphane BRIZÉ
Jury Prize
THE LOBSTER Directed by Yorgos LANTHIMOS
SHORT FILMS

Palme d'Or - Short Film
WAVES '98 Directed by Ely DAGHER
UN CERTAIN REGARD :

Prize of Un Certain Regard
HRÚTAR (RAMS) Directed by Grímur HAKONARSON
Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard
ZVIZDAN (THE HIGH SUN) Directed by Dalibor MATANIC
Directing Prize of Un Certain Regard
KISHIBE NO TABI (JOURNEY TO THE SHORE) Directed by KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
Un Certain Talent Prize
COMOARA (THE TREASURE) Directed by Corneliu PORUMBOIU
Promizing Future Prize Ex-aequo
NAHID Directed by Ida PANAHANDEH
MASAAN Directed by Neeraj GHAYWAN
CINEFONDATION :

1st Prize Cinéfondation
SHARE Directed by Pippa BIANCO
2nd Prize Cinéfondation
LOCAS PERDIDAS (LOST QUEENS) Directed by Ignacio JURICIC MERILLÁN
3rd Prize Cinéfondation Ex-aequo
VICTOR XX Directed by Ian GARRIDO LÓPEZ
THE RETURN OF ERKIN Directed by Maria GUSKOVA
GOLDEN CAMERA :

Caméra d'or
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA Directed by César Augusto ACEVEDO

Winners Cannes Film Festival 2014

FEATURE FILMS
 
Palme d'Or

Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
 
Grand Prix

The Wonders by Alice Rohrwacher

Award for Best Director

Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher

Jury Prize

Mommy by Xavier Dolan AND Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard

Award for Best Screenplay

Andrei Zvyagintsev for Leviathan

Award for Best Actress

Julianne Moore in Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg

Award for Best Actor

Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner by Mike Leigh.
 

List of Cannes film festival 2013 award winners

FEATURE FILMS
 
Palme d'Or
 
LA VIE D’ADÈLE - CHAPITRE 1 & 2 (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) by Abdellatif KECHICHE 
with Adèle EXARCHOPOULOS & Léa SEYDOUX
 
 
Grand Prix
 
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS by Ethan COEN and Joel COEN
 
 
Award for Best Director
 
Amat ESCALANTE for HELI 
 
 
Jury Prize
 
SOSHITE CHICHI NI NARU (Like Father, Like Son / Tel Père, Tel Fils) by KORE-EDA Hirokazu 
 
 
Award for Best Screenplay
 
JIA Zhangke for TIAN ZHU DING (A Touch Of Sin)
 
 
Award for Best Actress
 
Bérénice BEJO in LE PASSÉ (The Past) by Asghar FARHADI
 
 
Award for Best Actor
 
Bruce DERN in NEBRASKA by Alexander PAYNE
 
 
 
 
SHORT FILMS
 
Palme d'Or
 
SAFE by MOON Byoung-gon
 
Special Mention - Ex-aequo
 
HVALFJORDUR (Whale Valley / Le Fjord des Baleines) by Gudmundur Arnar GUDMUNDSSON
37°4 S by Adriano VALERIO
 
 
 
CAMERA D'OR 
 
ILO ILO by Anthony CHEN presented in the Directors' Fortnight

2012 Winners and Awards

Palme d'Or:
"Amour"
Grand Prix:
"Reality"
Prix de la Mise en Scene (best director):
Carlos Reygadas, "Post Tenebras Lux"
Prix du Scenario (best screenplay):
"Beyond The Hills"
Camera d'Or (best first feature):
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Prix du Jury (jury prize):
"The Angel's Share"
Prix d'interpretation feminine (best actress):
Cosmina Stratan and Christina Flutor, "Beyond The Hills"
Prix d'interpretation masculine (best actor):
Mads Mikkelsen, "The Hunt"

Cannes Film Festival Winners 2011

FEATURE FILMS

Palme d'Or
THE TREE OF LIFE directed by Terrence MALICK

Grand Prix Ex-aequo
BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA (ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA) directed by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
LE GAMIN AU VÉLO (THE KID WITH A BIKE) directed by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE

Award for Best Director
Nicolas WINDING REFN for DRIVE

Award for Best Screenplay
Joseph CEDAR for HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote)

Award for Best Actress
Kirsten DUNST in MELANCHOLIA directed by Lars VON TRIER

Award for Best Actor
Jean DUJARDIN in THE ARTIST directed by Michel HAZANAVICIUS

Jury Prize
POLISSE (POLISS) directed by MAÏWENN

SHORT FILMS

Palme d'Or - Short Film
CROSS (CROSS - COUNTRY) directed by Maryna VRODA

Jury Prize - Short Film
BADPAKJE 46 (SWIMSUIT 46) directed by Wannes DESTOOP