The 78th Festival de Cannes announced the winners' list 5hy45

Feature Films

Palme d'or

UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT
Jafar Panahi

Grand Prix

AFFEKSJONSVERDI (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
Joachim Trier

t 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 Award

RESURRECTION
Bi Gan

Short Films

Palme d'or

I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Tawfeek Barhom

Special Mention

ALI
Adnan Al Rajeev

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Prize

LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)
Diego Céspedes

Jury Prize

UN POETA (A POET) 
Simón Mesa Soto

Best Director Prize

ARAB & TARZAN NASSER
for ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA

Best Screenplay

HARRY LIGHTON
for PILLION

Best Performance by an Actress

CLEO DIÁRA
in O RISO E A FACA (I ONLY REST IN THE STORM) directed by Pedro Pinho

Best Performance by an Actor

FRANK DILLANE
in URCHIN directed by Harris Dickinson

Caméra d'or

THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE
Hassan Hadi
Directors’ Fortnight

Special Mention

MY FATHER’S SHADOW 
Akinola Davies Jr
Un Certain Regard

La Cinef

First Prize

FIRST SUMMER 
directed by Heo Gayoung
KAFA, South Korea

Second Prize

12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY
directed by Qu Zhizheng
Beijing Film Academy, China

t Third Prize

GINGER BOY
directed by Miki Tanaka
ENBU Seminar, Japan

WINTER IN MARCH
directed by Natalia Mirzoyan
Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia

The Higher Technical Commission for Sound and Images 

The 2025 jury of the CST Award for Best Young Female Technician is proud to present this year’s prize to Éponine Momenceau, director of photography for the film Connemara, directed by Alex Lutz, for the delicacy and subtlety of the cinematographic work that s the film’s narrative and direction.

The 2025 jury of the CST Artist-Technician Award honors Ruben Impens, Director of Photography, and Stéphane Thiébaut, Sound Mixer, for the power of their creativity in both image and sound on the film Alpha, directed by Julia Ducournau.