Winners of 72 Cannes Film Festival

The winners of the 72nd Festival de Cannes Awards were announced at the official closing ceremony that took place at the Grand Theatre Lumiere on Saturday, 25th of May 2019.

FEATURE FILMS

PALME D’OR (awarded by Catherine Deneuve and Alejandro González Iñárritu)

GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho

GRAND PRIX

ATLANTIQUE (Atlantics) directed by Mati DIOP

The Grand Prix was awarded by Sylvester Stallone.

BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE

LE JEUNE AHMED (Young Ahmed) directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE

The Best Director Prize was awarded by Viggo Mortensen.

JURY PRIZE EX-ÆQUO

LES MISÉRABLES directed by Ladj LY

BACURAU directed by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO & Juliano DORNELLES

The Jury Prizes were awarded by Michael Moore.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Antonio Banderas © JOE ALVAREZ

Antonio BANDERAS in DOLOR Y GLORIA directed by Pedro ALMODÓVAR

The Best Performance by an Actor Prize was awarded by Zhang Ziyi.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Emily BEECHAM in LITTLE JOE directed by Jessica HAUSNER

The Best Performance by an Actress Prize was awarded by Reda Kateb.

BEST SCREENPLAY

Palme d’or

Céline SCIAMMA for PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU (Portrait of Lady On Fire)

The Best Screenplay Prize was awarded by Gael García Bernal.

SPECIAL MENTION

To Elia SULEIMAN for IT MUST BE HEAVEN

The Special Mention was awarded by Chiara Mastroianni.

SHORT FILMS – COMPETITION

PALME D’OR

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY réalisé par Vasilis KEKATOS

SPECIAL DISTINCTION BY THE JURY

MONSTRUO DIOS réalisé par Agustina SAN MARTÍN

The Palme d’or and the Jury Special Mention for Shorts Films were awarded by the President of the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury, Claire Denis and by Nadine Labaki, President of the Un Certain Regard Jury.