79th Festival de Cannes Award Winners - In Progress

Post will be In Progress until after the awards ceremony on Saturday, May 23.

May 20, 2026
Post begins today as there are some winners already announced.

The Winners

Main Competition

Palme d'Or:

Grand Prize:

Jury Prize:

Special Award:

Best Director:
Best Screenplay:

Best Actress:
Best Actor:

Camera d'Or:
Special Mention:

Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize:
Jury Prize:
Best Director Prize:
Best Screenplay:
Best Actress
Best Actor:

Quinzaine des Cinéastes (Directors' Fortnight)
SACD Award:
Europa Cinemas Award:
People's Choice:

Carrose d'Or:  Claire Denis
Prix Alpine: Alice Winocour

Semaine de la Critique
Feature Films
Grand Prix: La Gradiva, Marine Atlan, Italy and France 1st film
Rising Star Award: Aina Clotet in Viva (Alive), Aina Clotet, Spain 1st film 
GAN Foundation Support for Distribution: 无名女孩 Wu ming nü hai (A Girl Unknown), Zou Jing, China and France 1st film
SACD Award: Blerta Basholli and Nicole Borgeat for Dua, Blerta Basholli, Kosovo, Switzerland, France 2nd film  
Short Films
Canal+ Award: „Vaterland“ oder Ein Bule Namens Yanto ("Vaterland" or A Bule Named Yanto), Berthold Wahjudi, Germany and Indonesia 26'
Discovery Prize: Skinny Bottines (Skinny Boots), Romain F. Dubois, Canada 19'
Next Step Award: Happy Hardcore, Róisín Burns, France

Best Immersive Work:

Short Films
Palm d'Or:
Special Mention:

La Cinef
First Prize:
Second Prize:
Third Prize:

Marché du Film

Docs-in-Progress Awards
Alphapanda Award: The Undermine, Alice Nelson, UK and Ireland 
Al Jazeera Documentary Award: Super Sila, Mohammed Aishareef, Palestine
American Documentary Award: Chilapa's Girl, Juana Lotero, Colombia
DAE Award: Baba, Giacomo Fausti and Laila Sit Aboha, Italy
Documentary Magazine Award: Ba's Book, Ashley Duong, Canada
IEFTF Award: Super Sila, Mohammed Aishareef, Palestine
Rise and Shine Award: Black Dad Buko, Simon Klose, Sweden 
Rulli Putorti and Partners Law Firm Award: Antipodal Dreams, Juanita Onzaga, Colombia and Mexico
Think-Film Impact Award: Gaza Sunbirds, Flavia Cappellini, Belgium, UK, France and Palestine
TransPerfect Media Post-Production Award: Burning Daddy, Tana Gilbert, Chile, Germany and Spain

Goes to Cannes Awards
A.H. Media Production Award: Carolina Maria de Jesus, Jeferson De, Brazil and France - Presented by Festival do Rio
Ciné+ OCS Award: At Your Service, German Golub, Estonia and Germany - Presented by PÖFF
Sideral Cinema Award: The Daughters, Daniel Romero Bueno, UK and Spain - Presented by PÖFF

Chicken and Egg Vision Award:
Special Mention:

Feature Films
Goes to Cannes Award:

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI
Main Competition:
Un Certain Regard:
Quinzaine or Semaine de la Critique:

Ecumenical Jury Award:

AFCAE Art House Cinema Award:
Special Mention:

L'Œil d'Or Documentary Award:
Golden Globes Prize for Documentary Award:

Queer Palm
Feature Film:
Short Film:

Prix de la Citoyenneté:
30th Prix François Chalais:
Prix Cinéma Positif:

Prix CST de l’Artiste-Technicien:
Prix CST de la Jeune Technicienne de Cinéma:

Cannes Soundtrack Award:
Prix de la Meilleure Creation Sonore:

EcoProd Awards
Prix Eco Prod:
Jury Prize:
Special Mention:

24th Prix Unifrance Short Film
Grand Prix: Swapper, Louis-Barthélemy Rousseau, France 28'
Special Jury Prize: Chambre 206, Laurie Bisceglia, France 17'
Prix BeTV: Cracheurs (Breath), Luis Letailleur, France 20'
Sooner Award: Sea Sun and Burn, Pauline Cancel, France 23'

Grand Rail d'Or Award:
Petit Rail d'Or Award:

Lights on Women Award:

14th Pierre Angénieux
Pierre Angénieux Tribute: Akiko Ashizawa
Angénieux Special Encouragement: Nguyễn Phan Linh Đan

Prix Cinéma France Culture
Prix France Culture Cinéma des étudiants:
Coup de cœur des jeunes ACID-France Culture:

Palm Dog Awards
Palm Dog:
Grand Prix du Jury:

Chopard Trophy for Up-and-Coming Talent
Odessa A'zion for her work in Marty Supreme by Josh Safdie
Connor Swindells for his work in TV Sex Education and film Emma, The Vanishing, SAS Rogue Heroes, William Tell and Gerta Gerwig's Barbie.

Golden Globes and Variety Awards
Vanguard Award:
Creative Impact Icon Award:
Breakthrough Artist Award:

Kering Awards
Women in Motion Award: Joanne Moore
Emerging Talent Award: Margherita Spampinato

Honorary Palm'd'Or
Barbra Streisand
Peter Jackson
John Travolta