{"id":817463,"date":"2026-05-23T19:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/817463\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:42:17","slug":"cannes-2026-winners-live-updating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/817463\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes 2026 Winners: Live Updating"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCristian Mungiu\u2019s Fjord has won the Palme d\u2019Or at the 79th Cannes<\/a> Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tPreviously, Russian director Andre\u00ef Zviaguintsev\u2019s Minotaur scooped the Grand Prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirectorial duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski jointly won the Best Director Prize for La Bola Negra and Fatherland respectively. German director Valeska Grisebach Bulgaria-set dramaThe Dreamed Adventure won the Jury Prize.<\/p>\n

\n\tVirginie Efira and Tao Okamot jointly scooped the Best Actress award at the 79th Cannes Film for Festival for their performance in All Of A Sudden, while Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagneshare, stars of Lukas Dhont\u2019s World War One drama Coward, shared the Best Actor Award. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto accept the Best Performance by an Actress for All Of A Sudden<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Best Screenplay was clinched by Emmanuel Marre for A Man Of His Time (Notre Salut), exploring questions of resistance and collaboration in France in the early days of World War Two.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the first feature film prize of the night, Rwandan director Marie-Cl\u00e9mentine Dusabejambo made history by winning the Cam\u00e9ra d\u2019Or for best first film for Ben\u2019Imana.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, which is the first Rwandan film to screen at the\u00a0festival, explores the complexities of justice and reconciliation in Rwanda close to 20 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, through the experiences of a survivor. Read Deadline\u2019s interview with Dusabejambo here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tMexican director Federico Luis received the first prize of the evening as the winner of the Short Film Palme d\u2019Or For The Opponents. It follows a young boy growing up in a tough neighborhood with dreams of becoming a boxing champion.<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNERS LIST <\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tGrand Prize<\/strong>
Minotaur, Andre\u00ef Zviaguintsev<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actress <\/strong>
Virginie Efira and Tao Okamo for All Of A Sudden<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Director <\/strong>tied
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, La Bola Negra
Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski, Fatherland<\/p>\n

\n\tJury Prize <\/strong>
The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Screenplay <\/strong>
Emmanuel Marre for A Man Of His Time (Notre Salut)<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Actor<\/strong>
Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagneshare for Coward<\/p>\n

\n\tCamera d\u2019Or<\/strong>
Ben\u2019Imana, dir. Cl\u00e9mentine Dusabejambo<\/p>\n

\n\tShort Film Palme d\u2019Or<\/strong>
For The Opponents, dir. Federico Luis.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier at 11.30 p<\/strong>t. Guests have started arriving on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the tonight\u2019s award ceremony which kicks off at 8.15pm local time (11.15am PT).<\/p>\n

\n\tAs we wait to hear who has been feted by Park Chan-Wook\u2019s jury, rumors have been swirling since earlier today that delegations linked Minotaur, Fjord, The Dreamed Adventure, Fatherland, La Bola Negra and La Gradiva have been called back to Cannes.<\/p>\n

\n\tAhead of the ceremony, Deadline critic Pete Hammond and Damon Wise are coalescing around Spanish breakout La Bola Negra, Fjord, Fatherland and Minotaur. Checkout their predictions here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tIn further clues of who\u2019s in the running, early arrivals on the red carpet to the usual mix of 1980s and 90s pop hits included German director Valeska Grisebach whose Bulgaria-set drama The Dreamed Adventure, was the one of the last film\u2019s to screen on Friday; La Bola Negra directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and cast member Penelope Cruz. as well as Fatherland director Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe awards due to be handed out tonight are Palme d\u2019Or, the Grand Prix, the Jury Prize, the Best Director, the Best Screenplay, the Best Performance by an Actress, and the Best Performance by an Actor.<\/p>\n

\n\tThey will be presented by Geena Davis, Xavier Dolan, Pierfrancesco Favino, Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal, Nadine Labaki, and Zoe Salda\u00f1a, with actress Tilda Swinton down to present the Palme d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n

\n\t22 films are in the running for the Palme d\u2019Or. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe full compeitition lineup is Bitter Christmas by Pedro Almod\u00f3var, A Woman\u2019s Life by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, La Bola Negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, Coward by Lukas Dhont, Parallel Tales by Asghar Farhadi, Paper Tiger by James Gray, Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach, All of a Sudden by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, The Unknown by Arthur Harari, Another Day\u00a0by Jeanne Herry, Sheep In The Box by Koreeda Hirokazu, Hope by Na Hong-jin, Nagi Notes by Fukada Koji, Gentle Monster by Marie Kreutzer, A Man Of His Time by Emmanuel Marre, Fjord by Cristian Mungiu, The Birthday Party by L\u00e9a Mysius, Moulin by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes, Fatherland by Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski, The Man I Love by Ira Sachs, The Beloved by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Minotaur by Andre\u00ef Zviaguintsev.<\/p>\n

\n\tJury president Park Chan-Wook has been accompanied in the choices by Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, Ruth Negga and Isaach De Bankol\u00e9, Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, Diego C\u00e9spedes, Laura Wandel and Paul Laverty<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the ceremony, an Honorary Palme d\u2019or will be awarded to Barbra Streisand. As previously announced she will not be able to attend Cannes. At the request of Streisand, Isabelle Huppert will present this Honorary Palme d\u2019Or and say a few words in tribute to her career.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline will be following the ceremony check in here and on our site for live updates and other news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristian Mungiu\u2019s Fjord has won the Palme d\u2019Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Previously, Russian director Andre\u00ef…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":817464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[6345,297566,49625,171,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-817463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-cannes","tag-cannes-2026","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-entertainment","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116625602280665026","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}