Cannes Film Festival 2025: who won?

The Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes finally presented the list of winners competing for the prestigious awards, choosing from 22 competitors.

The jury was chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche, being joined 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.

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 Mendonca 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 Mendonca Filho

Special Award

KUANG YE SHI DAI (RESURRECTION)

Bi Gan

Short Films

Palme d’or

I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW

Tawfeek Barhom

Special Mention

ALI

AdnanAl Rajeev

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Prize

LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)

Diego Cespedes

1st film.

Jury Prize

UN POETA (A POET)

Simón Mesa Soto

Best Directing

Arab & Tarzan Nasser

for Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Best Actor

Frank Dillane

in Urchin directed by Harris Dickinson.

Best Actress

Cleo Diara

in O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) directed by Pedro Pinho

Best Screenplay

PILLION

Harry Lighton

1st film

Caméra d’or

Caméra d’or Prize

THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE

Hasan Hadi

Directors’ Fortnight

Special Mention

MY FATHER’S SHADOW

Akinola Davies Jr

Un Certain Regard

La Cinef

First Prize

FIRST SUMMER

Heo Gayoung

KAFA, South Korea

Second Prize

12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY

QU Zhizheng

Beijing Film Academy, China

Joint Third Prize

GINGER BOY

Miki Tanaka

ENBU Seminar, Japan

WINTER IN MARCH

Natalia Mirzoyan

Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia

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