78th Festival de Cannes Award Winners

It's Over! Dislike the Hollywood-American feeling that the festival had this year BUT extremely like that no major award went to those distracting participants. Sorry but I do not enjoy much Pahani movies and well, it's a fact that now he becomes one of only four directors that have won the Golden Bear, the Golden Lion and the Golden Palm; the others are Michelangelo Antonioni, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Robert Altman.

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May 21,2025
Post begins today as there are a few winners already announced.

The closing ceremony is next Saturday, May 24 and post will be In Progess until after that date.

The Winners

Main Competition

Palme d'Or:  Un Simple Accident, Jafar Panahi, France and Iran

Grand Prize:  Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, and Germany

Jury Prize: (tie)
Sirât, Oliver Laxe, France and Spain
In die Sonne schauen (Sound of Falling - aka The Doctor Says, I’ll Be Alright But I’m Feelin’ Blue), Mascha Schilinski, Germany

Special Award:  狂野时代 Kuang ye shi dai (Resurrection), Bi Gan, China and France

Best Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho for O Secreto Agente (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Best Screenplay: Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Jeunes mères (The Young Mother's Home), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, France and Belgium

Best Actress: Nadia Melliti in La Petite Dernière (The Little Sister), Hafsia Herzi, Germany and France
Best Actor: Wagner Moura in O Secreto Agente (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany

Camera d'Or:  مملكة القصب Mamlaket Al-Qasab (The President's Cake), Hasan Hadi, Iraq, USA and Qatar 1st Film
Special Mention:  My Father's Shadow, Akinola Davies Jr. UK, Ireland and Nigeria 1st film

Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize: La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco (The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo), Diego Céspedes, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Chile 1st film
Jury Prize: Un Poeta (A Poet), Simón Mesa Soto, Colombia, Germany and Sweden
Best Director Prize: Arab and Tarzan Nasser for حدث ذات مرة في غزة Once Upon a Time in Gaza, Arab and Tarzan Nasser, Palestine, France and Germany
Best Screenplay: Harry Lighton for Pillion, Harry Lighton, Ireland and UK 1st film
Youth Award:
Best Actress: Cléo Diara in O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm), Pedro Pinho, Portugal, Brazil, Romania and France
Best Actor: Frank Dillane in Urchin, Harris Dickinson, UK 1st film

Quinzaine des Cinéastes (Directors' Fortnight)
SACD Award: La Danse des Renards (Wild Foxes), Valéry Carnoy, Belgium and France 1st Film
Europa Cinemas Award:  La Danse des Renards (Wild Foxes), Valéry Carnoy, Belgium and France 1st Film
People's Choice:  مملكة القصب Mamlaket Al-Qasab (The President's Cake), Hasan Hadi, Iraq, USA and Qatar 1st Film

Carrose d'Or: Todd Haynes
Prix Alpine: Thomas Cailley

Semaine de la Critique
Feature Films
Grand Prix: ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ Pee Chai Dai Ka (A Useful Ghost), Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Thailand, France, Singapore and Germany 1st film
Prize of the Jury:  Imago, Déni Oumar Pitsaev Oumar Pitsaev, France and Belgium (documentary) 1st film
Rising Star Award:  Théodore Pellerin in Nino, Pauline Loquès, France 1st film
GAN Foundation Support for Distribution:  Le Pacte, French distributor of 左撇子女孩 Left-Handed Girl, Shih-Ching Tsou, Taiwan, France, USA, and UK 1st film
SACD Award:  Guillermo Galoe and Victor Alonso-Berbel authors of Ciudad Sin Sueño (Sleepless City), Guillermo Galoe, Spain and France 1st film
Short Films
Canal+ Award: Erogenesis, Xandra Popescu, Germany 15'
Discovery Prize: مينا L'mina, Randa Maroufi, Morocco, France, Italy and Qatar 26'
Next Step Award:  The Last Tears of the Deceased by Beza Hailu Lemma, Ethiopia, Canada and France

Best Immersive Work: From Dust, Michel van der Aa, Netherlands

Short Films
Palm d'Or: I'm Glad You're Dead Now, Tawfeek Barhom, Palestine, France and Greece 13'
Special Mention: Ali, Adnan Al Rajeev, Bangladesh 16'

La Cinef
First Prize:  Cheotyeoreum (First Summer), Huh Ga-young, KAFA, South Korea 20'
Second Prize: 升旗手 12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony, Qu Zhizheng, Beijing Film Academy, China, 16'
Third Prize (tie)
ジンジャーボーイ Gingerboy (Separated), Miki Tanaka, ENBU Seminar, Japan 48'
Winter in March, Natalia Mirzoyan, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia 16' (animation)

Marché du Film

Docs-in-Progress Awards
Docs-in-Progress Award:  Asphalt, Hamza Hamideh, Jordan
Think-Film Impact Award: My Rebel Heart, Kat Balslev, Denmark and Palestine
DAE Award: The Flight of the Stork, Soumaya Hidalgo Djahdou, Spain and Qatar
Rise and Shine Award: El Tigre del Este (The Tiger of the East), Jorge Acevedo Carrasco, Chile and Mexico
Alphapanda Award: Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest, Viv Li, Germany and Netherlands
Al Jazeera Documentary Award: Everybody to Kenmure Street, Felipe Bustos Sierra, UK
Post-Production Award (TransPerfect Media): The Production of the World, Brett Story, Canada, UK and France
Rulli Putorti and Partners Law Firm Award: Eu Ouvi o Chamado: O Retorno dos Mantos Tupinambá (I Heard the Calling: The Return fo the Tupinambá Cloak), Myrza Muniz, Robson Dias and Célia Tupinambá, Brazil and France

Chicken and Egg Vision Award: Something Familiar, Rachel Close, Romania and UK
Special Mention: Sama, Rabab Khamis, Palestine and France

Feature Films
Goes to Cannes Award: Virtuosas (Virtuous Woman), Cíntia Domit Bittar, Brazil

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI
Main Competition:  O Secreto Agente (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Un Certain Regard:  Urchin, Harris Dickinson, UK 1st film
Semaine de la Critique: Planètes (Dandelion's Odyssey), Momoko Seto, France and Belgium 1st film animation

Ecumenical Jury Award:  Jeunes mères (The Young Mother's Home), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, France and Belgium

AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: O Secreto Agente (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Special Mention: Sirat, Oliver Laxe, France and Spain

L'Œil d'Or Documentary Award: Imago, Déni Oumar Pitsaev Oumar Pitsaev, France and Belgium
Special 10 years Anniversary Jury Prize: The Six Billion Dollar Man, Eugene Jarecki, USA

Golden Globes Prize for Documentary Award: The Six Billion Dollar Man, Eugene Jarecki, USA  (documentary)

Queer Palm
Feature Film: La Petite Dernière (The Little Sister), Hafsia Herzi, Germany and France (L)
Short Film: கத்து! Kattu! (Bleat!), Ananth Subramaniam, Malaysia, Philippines and France 15'

Prix de la Citoyenneté: Jafar Panahi for Un Simple Accident, Jafar Panahi, France and Iran

29th Prix François Chalais: Два прокурора Dva prokourora (Two Prosecutors), Sergei Loznitsa, France, Germany, Romania, Netherlands, Latvia and Lithuania
Prix Cinéma Positif:  Jeunes mères (The Young Mother's Home), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, France and Belgium

Prix CST de l’Artiste-Technicien: Ruben Impens (cinematographer) and Stéphane Thiébaut (mixer) for Alpha, Julia Ducournau, France and Belgium
Prix CST de la Jeune Technicienne de Cinéma: Éponine Momenceau (cinematographer) for Connemara, Alez Lutz, France

Cannes Soundtrack Award: David Letellier (aka Kangding Ray) for Sirat, Oliver Laxe, France and Spain

Prix de la Meilleure Creation Sonore: The Plague, Charlie Polinger, USA 1st film

EcoProd Awards
Prix Eco Prod: Jeunes mères (The Young Mother's Home), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, France and Belgium
Jury Prize: Laurent Dans Le Vent (Drifting Laurent), Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon, France
Special Mention: Amour Apocalypse (Peak Everything), Anne Émond, Canada 

23rd Prix Unifrance Short Films
Grand Prix:Vultures, Dian Weys, France and South Africa 15'
Special Jury Prize: A South Facing Window, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, France and Mongolia 20'
Grand Action Award: Gioia, Nixon Singa, France, 20'
Best Film Award: Le Temps de S'Adorer (A Time to Cherish), Fiorella Basdereff,  France 24'
Best Performance Award: Adèle Journeaux in Pourquoi parlez-vous si bas? (Whispers), Pauline Broulis and Zoé Labasse, France 25'
Prix BeTV (Belgium): Gioia, Nixon Singa, France 20'

Grand Rail d'Or Award: 左撇子女孩 Left-Handed Girl, Shih-Ching Tsou, Taiwan, France, USA, and UK 1st film
Petit Rail d'Or Award: Donne Batterie (Free Drum Kit), Carmen Leroi, France 25'

Lights on Women Award:  Heo Ga-Young

13th Pierre Angénieux
Pierre Angénieux Tribute: Dion Beebe
Angénieux Special Encouragement: Eunsoo Cho

Prix Cinéma France Culture
Prix France Culture Cinéma des étudiants: No Other Land, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor et Yuval Abraham, Palestine and Norway (documentary)
Coup de cœur des jeunes ACID-France Culture: Ce n'est qu'un au revoir (So Long), Guillaume Brac, France (documentary)

Palm Dog Awards
Palm Dog: Panda in Ástin sem eftir er (The Love That Remains), Hlynur Pálmason, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France
Grand Prix du Jury: Pipa in Sirat, Oliver Laxe, France and Spain

Chopard Trophy for Up-and-Coming Talent
Marie Colomb, actress, France
Finn Bennett, actor, UK

Golden Globes and Variety Awards
Vanguard Award: Charlotte Gainsbourgh
Creative Impact Icon Award: Jeremy O. Harris
Breakthrough Artist Awards
Mia Threapleton in The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson, Germany and USA
Michael Ward in Top Boy, The Empire of Light, and Eddington, Ari Aster, USA and Finland

Honorary Palm d'Or
Denzel Washington
Robert de Niro

Kering Awards
Women in Motion Award: Nicole Kidman, actress and producer, Australia
Emerging Talent Award: Marianna Brennad, director, Brazil