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 For 12 days, the 72nd edition of the Festival de Cannes has celebrated artists and films from different perspectives, making cinema a celebration of discovery and reunions shared all around the world. Tonight, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Édouard Baer, the Master of Ceremonie, welcomed the Feature Films Jury headed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu to announce the 2019 Awards.

 

FEATURE FILMS

PALME D'OR

GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho

The Palme d'or was awarded by Catherine Deneuve and Alejandro González Iñárritu.

GRAND PRIX

ATLANTIQUE (Atlantics) directed by Mati DIOP

The Grand Prix was awarded by Sylvester Stallone.

BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE

LE JEUNE AHMED (Young Ahmed) directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE

The Best Director Prize was awarded by Viggo Mortensen.

JURY PRIZE EX-ÆQUO

LES MISÉRABLES directed by Ladj LY

BACURAU directed by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO & Juliano DORNELLES

The Jury Prizes were awarded by Michael Moore.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Antonio BANDERAS in DOLOR Y GLORIA directed by Pedro ALMODÓVAR

The Best Performance by an Actor Prize was awarded by Zhang Ziyi.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Emily BEECHAM in LITTLE JOE directed by Jessica HAUSNER

The Best Performance by an Actress Prize was awarded by Reda Kateb.

BEST SCREENPLAY

Céline SCIAMMA for PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU (Portrait of Lady On Fire)

The Best Screenplay Prize was awarded by Gael García Bernal.

SPECIAL MENTION

To Elia SULEIMAN for IT MUST BE HEAVEN

The Special Mention was awarded by Chiara Mastroianni.

 

SHORT FILMS – COMPETITION

PALME D'OR

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY réalisé par Vasilis KEKATOS

SPECIAL DISTINCTION BY THE JURY

MONSTRUO DIOS réalisé par Agustina SAN MARTÍN

The Palme d'or and the Jury Special Mention for Shorts Films were awarded by the President of the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury, Claire Denis and by Nadine Labaki, President of the Un Certain Regard Jury.

 

UN CERTAIN REGARD

UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE

A VIDA INVISÍVEL DE EURÍDICE GUSMÃO (The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao) directed by Karim AÏNOUZ

JURY PRIZE

O QUE ARDE (Fire Will Come) directed by Oliver LAXE

PRIZE FOR BEST PERFORMANCE

CHIARA MASTROIANNI for CHAMBRE 212 (On a Magical Night) directed by Christophe HONORÉ

PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTOR

KANTEMIR BALAGOV for BEANPOLE 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

LIBERTÉ directed by Albert SERRA

JURY’S « COUP DE CŒUR » EX-ÆQUO

LA FEMME DE MON FRÈRE (A Brother's Love) directed by Monia CHOKRI

THE CLIMB directed by Michael Angelo COVINO

JURY SPECIAL MENTION

JEANNE (Joan of Arc) directed by Bruno DUMONT

 

CAMÉRA D’OR

 NUESTRAS MADRES directed by César DÍAZ presented as part of LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE

The Caméra d'or Prize was awarded by Rithy Panh, President of the Caméra d'or Jury and by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi.

 

CINÉFONDATION

FIRST PRIZE

MANO A MANO directed by Louise COURVOISIER
CinéFabrique, France

SECOND PRIZE

HIẾU directed by Richard VAN
CalArts, USA

THIRD PRIZE EX-ÆQUO

AMBIENCE directed by Wisam AL JAFARI
Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture, Palestine

DUSZYCZKA (The Little Soul) directed by Barbara RUPIK
PWSFTviT, Poland

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COMMISSION SUPÉRIEURE TECHNIQUE

The 2019 CST Artist-Technician Prize goes to Flora VOLPELIERE, as editor and Julien POUPARD, as set and lighting designer of Ladj LY's film LES MISÉRABLES.

A Special Mention from the Jury goes to Claire MATHON, Director of Photography of the films ATLANTIQUE (Atlantics) and PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU (Portrait of Lady on Fire).

The Jury also noted LEE Ha-jun’s outstanding work as Artistic Director of GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite)

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