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Eye Haïdara returns as mistress of ceremonies, already at the helm of the opening night, for the closing ceremony of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in which the jury chaired by the South Korean director, screenwriter and producer Park Chan-wook announces the winners among the 22 films presented in competition. The Jury Prize was won by The dreamed adventure by Valeska Grisebach.
The Palme d’Or was won by Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord.
Historic award for best director ex aequo for Bola negra and Fatherland
Historic ex aequo in the directing prize awarded by the jury chaired by Park Chan-Wook at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, won by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi directors of La Bola negra and Pawel Pawlikowski director of Fatherland.
Award ex aequo to the actors of Coward by Lukas Dhont
The Best Actor Award assigned by the jury chaired by Park Chan-wook at the 79th Cannes Film Festival was won ex aequo by Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, protagonists of Coward by Lukas Dhont.
Award for best actress ex aequo to the protagonists of All of a Sudden
The Best Actress Award assigned by the jury chaired by Park Chan-wook at the 79th Cannes Film Festival was won ex aequo by the two protagonists of All of a Sudden by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, namely Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto.
Streisand: “Cinema has the magical ability to unite us”
«I thought, like a director, about how to tell the story. And I had stories I wanted to tell, like that of Yentl, a 19th-century Jewish woman who had to disguise herself as a man in order to study. But I was a woman and this represented an obstacle for many. And even worse, I was an actress who wanted to direct, so every studio turned me down. And for 15 years the project floundered. But I had to make this film. And it’s this kind of passion that I think all of us here tonight share for cinema. In a crazy and unstable world, which seems to be hit harder and harder every day, it is reassuring to see the films competing at this festival, made by artists from so many countries. Cinema has this magical ability to unite us, to open our hearts and minds. And this is precisely what we celebrate in Cannes. And I’m really proud to be part of this community.” Barbra Streisand, winner of the 2026 Palme d’honneur, says so in the video message sent to the Cannes Film Festival, shown during the closing ceremony.
The complete palmares
– Palme d’Or to the film Fjord by Cristian Mungiu
– Grand Prix to the film Minotaur by Andrey Zvyagintsev
– Jury Prize to the film The Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach
– Award for Best Director ex aequo to Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi for the film La Bola Negra and to PawelPawlikowski for the film Fatherland
– Best Actor ex aequo Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne for the film Coward by Lukas Dhont
– Best Actress ex aequo to Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto for the film All of a Sudden by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
– Best screenplay to Notre Salut (A man of his time) by Emmanuel Marre
– Camera d’Or to the film Ben’Imana by Marie Clementine Dusabejambo
– Palme d’Or for best short film to Para Los Contrincantes (Aux Adversaires) by Federico Luis.