Cannes 2026 : Golden Palm, Grand Prix and revelations of the 79th Festival
The 23 May 2026, the Jury of 79th Cannes Festival, chaired by South Korean director, screenwriter and producer Park Chan-wook, revealed its ranking among the 22 films presented in Official Competition.
The jury was composed of Demi Moore, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Chloé Zhao, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé, Paul Laverty and Stellan Skarsgård.
Feature Films
Palm gold
FJORD
directed by Cristian MUNGIU
Grand Prix
MINOTAUR
directed by Andrei ZVIAGUINTSEV
Award for Stagemaking (ex-æquo)
Javier CALVO & Javier AMBROSSI
for THE BOLA NEGRA
Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI
for FATHERLAND
Scenario price
Emmanuel MARRE
for OUR SALUT
Jury Prize
DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER
directed by Valeska GRISEBACH
Female interpretation price
Virginia EFIRA and Tao OKAMOTO
within ALSO directed by HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
Price of interpretation Male
Emmanuel MACCHIA and Valentin CAMPANE
within COWARD directed by Lukas DHONT
Short films
Palm gold
PARA LOS CONTRIBUTIONS (ADDERS)
directed by Federico LUIS
A Certain Look
Un Certain Regard Prize
EVERYTIME
directed by Sandra WOLLNER
Jury Prize
ELEPHANTS IN THE BRUME
directed by Abinash BIKRAM SHAH
1st film
Special Jury Prize
THE CORSET
directed by Louis CLICHY
Best Actor
Bradley FIOMONA DEMBEASSET
within CONGO BOY directed by Rafiki FARIALA
Best Actresses
Marina DE TAVIRA, Daniela MARÍN NAVARRO, Mariangel VILLEGAS
within SEMPRE SEY TU ANIMAL MATERNO directed by Valentina MAUREL
Golden camera
Price of the Golden Camera
BENNIMANA
directed by Marie-Clémentine DUSABEJAMBO
A Certain Look
The Cinef
First Prize
LASER-GATO (Laser-Cat)
directed by Lucas ACHER
NYU, USA
Second Prize
SILENT VOICES
directed by Nadine MISONG JIN
Columbia University, United States
Third prize (ex-æquo)
ALDRIG NOK (Never enough)
directed by Julius LAGOUTTE LARSEN
La Fémis, France
GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS
directed by Roozbeh GEZERSEH & Soraya SHAMSI
