The Hungarian Holocaust drama, Son of Saul directed by László Nemes was awarded the Grand Prix. The international critics FIPRESCI award also went to the Hungarian film in the main competition. The film also received 4.05 stars out of 5 the highest rating of any film in the FNE FIPRESCI Critics Cannes ratings. (Click HERE to see the ratings)
Central European film scored again with the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize going to Jury Prize The High Sun, a Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian coproduction directed by Dalibor Matanić that also won critical kudos.
On the industry side the festival was dominated by debates on the European Commission’s controversial proposals for a Digital Single Market that was hotly debated during the European Forum and will continue to be debated at other European Forums around Europe for the rest of the year.
List of Prize Winners:
Main Competition
Palme d'or
Dheepan (France)
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Grand Prix
Saul Fia / Son of Saul (Hungary)
Directed by László Nemes
Best Director Award
Hou Hsiao-Hsien for Nie Yinniang / The Assassin (Taiwan)
Jury Prize
The Lobster (Greece, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France)
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Best Actress Award
Rooney Mara in Carol by Todd Haynes (UK)
Emmanuelle Bercot in Mon Roi by Maiwenn (France)
Best Actor Award
Vincent Lindon in La Loi Du Marche / The Measure of a Man by Stéphane Brize (France)
Best Screenplay Award
Michel France for Chronic (Mexico, France)
Other Prizes
Palme d’Honneur
Agnes Varda
Camera d’Or
Land and Shade (Columbia)
Directed by Cesar Augusto Acevedo
Ecumenical Jury Prize
My Mother (Italy)
Directed by Nanni Moretti
Short Films Competition
Palme d'or
Waves '98
Directed by Ely Dagher
Camera D’Or
La Tierra Y La Sombra (Columbia)
Directed by César Augusto Acevedo presented during La Semaine de la Critique
Vulcan Award Of The Technical Artist to Tamas Zanyi, sound engineer, for Saul Fia / Son of Saul by László Nemes
Prize of Un Certain Regard
Hrutar / Rams (Iceland)
Directed by Grímur Hákonarson
Jury Prize
Zvizdan / The High Sun (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia)
Directed by Dalibor Matanić
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduction: Gustav Film in association with SEE Film Pro from Serbia Project
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and the MEDIA Programme, the Slovenian Film Centre and Viba Film Ljubljana
Sales: Cercamon
Best Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Kishibe No Tabi / Journey to the Shore
Un Certain Talent Prize
Comoara / Treasure (Romania)
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
Produced by 42 Km Film
Coproduced by Les Films de Worso and Rouge International (France)
Supported by the Romanian National Film Center, HBO Romania and Arte France
Sales: Wild Bunch
Promising Future Prize (Ex aequo)
Masaan
Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan
Nahid
Directed by Ida Panahandeh
Directors’ Fortnight
Art Cinema Award
The Embrace of the Serpent (Columbia)
Directed by Ciro Guerra
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize
My Golden Days (France)
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Europa Cinemas Label
Mustang (France, Turkey, Germany)
Directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven
Critics’ Week
Grand Prize
Paulina (Argentina, Brazil, France)
Directed by Santiago Mitre
Visionary Prize
Land and Shade (Columbia)
Directed by Cesar Augusto Acevedo
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize
Land and Shade (Columbia)
Directed by Cesar Augusto Acevedo
FIPRESCI
Competition
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Directed by Laszlo Nemes
Un Certain Regard
Masaan
Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan
Critics’ Week
Paulina (Argentina, Brazil, France)
Directed by Santiago Mitre
