Full List of Winners at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
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Editor in Chief of Ikon London Magazine, journalist, film producer and founder of The DAFTA Film Awards (The DAFTAs).
The Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes, chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche, surrounded by American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Carlos Reygadas and American actor Jeremy Strong, presented its winners’ list among the 22 films presented in Competition this year.
| Feature Films |
| Palme d’or |
| UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT Jafar Panahi |
| Grand Prix |
| AFFEKSJONSVERDI (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) Joachim Trier |
| Joint 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 |
| Joint 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 supports 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. |
Editor in Chief of Ikon London Magazine, journalist, film producer and founder of The DAFTA Film Awards (The DAFTAs).