The Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche, was joined by American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese documentary filmmaker and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Strong. documentary filmmaker, and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Strong, has announced its winners from among the 22 films presented in Competition this year.
Feature films
Palme d’or
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT by Jafar Panahi
Grand Prix
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier
Jury Award ex æquo
SIRÂT by Oliver Laxe
SOUND OF FALLING by Mascha Schilinski
Best Director
KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO for O AGENTE SECRETO
Best Screenplay
JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE for YOUNG MOTHERS
Best Actress
NADIA MELLITI in The Little Sister by Hafsia Herzi
Best Actor
WAGNER MOURA in O AGENTE SECRETO by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Special Award
RESURRECTION by Bi Gan
Short films
Palme d’or
I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW by Tawfeek Barhom
Special Mention
ALI by Adnan Al Rajeev
