French actress Isabelle Huppert awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) to American director Gus Van Sant and his Elephant. "I thought I was finished tonight, but no! I have been...

English popstar Sting handed out the Grand Prize to Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Uzak. The latter thanked the Jury, Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux, and dedicated the ...

Géraldine Chaplin awarded American director Gus Van Sant the Best Director prize for his latest opus Elephant. "All my thanks to the producers and the kids in the movie," he said....

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi awarded the Montreal director Denys Arcand the Best Screenplay Award for his poignant tale of a dying man, The Barbarian Invasions. The Canadian helmer thanked ...

Samira Makhmalbaf received the Jury Prize from French actress Judith Godrèche for her moving tale entitled Five in the Afternoon. She said: "I don't want to be President of the ...

French veteran actor Philippe Noiret handed out the Best Actress award to Marie-Josée Croze for her role as a "junkie" in Arcand's Barbarian Invasions. Unfortunately absent from the ...

The two Turkish stars of Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Uzak, Muzaffer Ozdemir and Mehmet Emin Toprak, were awarded the Best Actor prize. Both actors were absent from the ceremony. Twenty-eight year ...

Wim Wenders and Jeanne Moreau awarded the Caméra d'Or for Best Feature to the film Reconstruction by Danish director Christoffer Boe. "I thought my film would be rejected by the ...

The special mention award, which was handed out by President of the Caméra d'Or Jury Wim Wenders and French actress Jeanne Moreau, was awarded to Osama directed by Afghan director ...

The Golden Palm Short Film prize, handed out by Italian thespian Ornella Muti, was awarded to Cracker Bag, an Australian film directed by Glendyn Ivin. "I would like to thank the Festival...

Short Films Jury President Emir Kusturica awarded the Jury Prize to French director Juan Solanas for his L'Homme sans Tête. "I wasn't expecting this! When we started shooting this ...

32 years after Cannes paid him tribute, Charlie Chaplin's spectre once again hovers over the Croisette. The world's most endearing Little Tramp returns to close tonight's ceremony with a ...

Festivalgoers who might have missed or would like to catch another glimpse of the main films in competition have the opportunity to do so today before tonight's closing ceremony. All 20...

I would like the filmgoer to come out with questions rather than answers. Louis Malle

Last day of the official competition and final countdown before the jury's verdict is announced in less than 24 hours. After 12 days of non-stop festivities the 56th Cannes Film Festival is ...