‘The 79th Festival de Cannes’ Winners List: Palme d’Or Goes to Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ as Jury Led by Park Chan-wook Reveals Full Results
Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan with cast in 'Fjord.' CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
The 79th Festival de Cannes unveiled its full winners list, with Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord taking the Palme d’Or under a jury presided over by Park Chan-wook.
The 79th Festival de Cannes has officially revealed its winners, with this year’s Jury — chaired by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook — awarding top honors across a lineup of 22 Competition titles.
The jury included a globally diverse panel of artists and filmmakers, featuring Demi Moore, Ruth Negga, Chloé Zhao, Stellan Skarsgård, Isaach De Bankolé, Paul Laverty, Laura Wandel, and Diego Céspedes.
At the top of the evening, the Palme d’Or was awarded to Fjord, directed by Cristian Mungiu.
The Grand Prix went to Minotaur by Andreï Zviaguintsev, while the Best Director Prize was split ex-aequo between Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi for La Bola Negra and Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland.
The Best Screenplay award was given to Emmanuel Marre for A Man of His Time, with the Jury Prize going to Valeska Grisebach’s Das Geträumte Abenteuer (The Dreamed Adventure).
Acting honors were shared across multiple performances. Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto won Best Performance for an Actress for All of a Sudden, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Best Performance for an Actor went to Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne for Coward, directed by Lukas Dhont.
In the Short Films category, the Palme d’Or went to Para los Contrincantes (For the Opponents) by Federico Luis.
Within Un Certain Regard, Everytime by Sandra Wollner took the top prize, while Elephants in the Fog by Abinash Bikram Shah received the Jury Prize. The Special Jury Prize went to Iron Boy by Louis Clichy.
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Best Actor in the section was awarded to Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset for Congo Boy, while Best Actress honors went to Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, and Mariangel Villegas for Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno.
The Caméra d’Or was awarded to Ben’imana, directed by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo.
In La Cinef, the First Prize went to Laser-Gato (Laser-Cat) by Lucas Acher from NYU, with additional prizes distributed across international film schools in the United States, France, and Germany.
The CST Awards also highlighted technical achievement, with Nicolas Rumpl winning Best Artist-Technician for editing Notre Salut, and Esther Mysius recognized as Best Young Female Film Technician for production design on The Birthday Party.
A full list of the 2026 Cannes award winners Below:
Palme d’Or
Fjord, dir. Cristian Mungiu
Grand Prix
Minotaur, dir. Andreï Zvyagintsev
Jury Prize
The Dreamed Adventure, dir. Valeska Grisebach
Best Director
Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, for La Bola Negra; Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland
Best Screenplay
Emmanuel Marre for A Man of His Time
Best Actress
Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto for All of a Sudden, dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Best Actor
Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagne for Coward, dir. Lukas Dhont
Camera d’Or for Best First Film
Ben’Imana, dir. Clémentine Dusabejambo
Palme d’Or for Best Short Film
Para Los Contincantes (To Opponents), dir. Federico Luis
Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Film
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize
Elephants in the Fog, Abinash Bikram Shah (first film)
Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
Iron Boy, Louis Clichy
Un Certain Regard Best Actor
Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, Congo Boy, dir. Rafiki Fariala
Un Certain Regard Best Actress
Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno, dir. Valentina Maurel
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