Cannes film festival winners

AFP , Saturday 24 May 2025

The 78th Cannes film festival ended Saturday on the French Riviera with the award of its top prize, the Palme d'Or.

Grand Prix
Grand Prix: Joachim Trier for "Sentimental Value" (Norway)

Here is a list of the winners in the festival's main competition:

- Palme d'Or: Jafar Panahi for "It Was Just an Accident" by (Iran)

- Grand Prix: Joachim Trier for "Sentimental Value" (Norway)

- Jury prize: Oliver Laxe for "Sirat" (Spain-France) and Mascha Schilinski for "Sound of Falling" (Germany)

- Best director: Kleber Mendonca Filho for "The Secret Agent" (Brazil)

- Best actress: Nadia Melliti for "The Little Sister" (France)

- Best actor: Wagner Moura for "The Secret Agent" (Brazil)

- Special prize: Bi Gan for "Resurrection" (China)

- Best screenplay: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for "Young Mothers" (Belgium)

- Camera d'Or for best first film: Hasan Hadi for "The President's Cake" (Iraq). Special mention for "My Father's Shadow" by Akinola Davies (Nigeria)

- Best short film: Tawfeek Barhom for "I Am Glad You're Dead Now" by (Palestine-Greece-France)

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