CANNES 2026: LIST OF AWARD WINNERS

All the winners from this year’s Cannes film festival, across official selection, Critics Week, Directors Fortnight and the Immersive Competition.

COMPETITION:

Palme d'or: Fjord, dir: Cristian Mungiu

Grand Prix: Minotaur, dir: Andreï Zviaguintsev

Joint Best Directors:
La Bola Negra, dirs: Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi
Fatherland, dir: Pawel Pawlikowski

Best Screenplay: A Man Of His Time, Emmanuel Marre

Jury Prize: The Dreamed Adventure, dir: Valeska Grisebach

Best Performance By Actresses: Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto, All Of A Sudden, dir: Hamaguchi Ryusuke

Best Performance By Actors: Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagne, Coward, dir: Lukas Dhont

Short Film Palme d'or: For The Opponents, dir: Federico Luis

CAMÉRA D'OR:

Ben'imana, dir: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo (Un Certain Regard)

UN CERTAIN REGARD:

Un Certain Regard Prize: Everytime, dir: Sandra Wollner

Jury Prize: Elephants In The Fog, dir: Abinash Bikram Shah (1st Film)

Special Jury Prize: Iron Boy, dir: Louis Clichy

Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, Congo Boy, dir: Rafiki Fariala

Best Actresses: Marina De Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro & Mariangel Villegas, Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno, dir: Valentina Maurel

CRITICS WEEK: 

Grand Prix: La Gradiva, dir: Marine Atlan

Rising Star Award: Aina Clotet, Alive

Distribution Award: A Girl Unknown, dir: Zou Jing

Short Film Prize: Skinny Boots, dir: Romain F. Dubois

SACD Award: Blerta Basholli & Nicole Borgeat, Dua

Canal+ Award: A Bule Named Yanto, dir: Berthold Wahjudi

DIRECTORS FORTNIGHT:

Peoples Choice Award: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, dir: Clio Barnard

SACD Prize For Best French Feature: Lila Pinell, Shana

Europa Cinemas Best European Film: Too Many Beasts, dir: Sarah Arnold

LA CINEF:

First Prize: Laser-Cat, dir: Lucas Acher (NYU, US)

Second Prize: Silent Voices, dir: Nadine Misong Jin (Columbia University, US)

Joint Third Prize:
Never Enough, dir: Julius Lagoutte Larsen (La Fémis, France)
Growing Stones, Flying Papers, dir: Roozbeh Gezerseh & Soraya Shamsi (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany)

IMMERSIVE COMPETITION: 

Best Immersive Work: Katàbasis, created by Ugo Arsac

Special Jury Mention: The Black Mirror Experience, created by David Bardos & Damià Ferràndiz