Cannes 2026: The Awards

79^th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS 2026

FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION

PALME D’OR for Best Film to:
Fjord
Cristian Mungiu

GRAND PRIX to:
Minotaur
directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

JURY PRIZE to:
The Dreamed Adventure
directed by Valeska Grisebach

BEST DIRECTOR  ex-aequo to:
Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi
for the film The Black Ball
and
Pawel Pawlikowski
for the film Fatherland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR to:
Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagneshare
for the film Coward
directed by Lukas Dhont

 BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS to:
Tao Okamoto and Virginie Efira
for the film All of a Sudden
directed by Hamaguchi Ryusuke

BEST SCREENPLAY to:
Emmanuel Marre
for A Man Of His Time

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

PALME D’OR
The Opponents
by Federico Luis

UN CERTAIN REGARD

UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE to:
Everytime
by Sandra Wollner

CRITICS’ WEEK

GRAND PRIZE
La Gradiva
directed by Marine Atlan

DIRECTOR’S FORTNIGHT

AUDIENCE AWARD
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
directed by Clio Barnard