Cannes Film Festival 2026: Celebrating Cinema with Star-Studded Awards Ceremony
Cannes Film Festival 2026 Concludes with Glamour and Awards
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival has officially wrapped up after an exhilarating two-week celebration of global cinema on the stunning French Riviera. This prestigious event, known for its iconic red carpet, concluded on Saturday with a dazzling awards ceremony held at the Palais des Festivals. The jury, led by renowned South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, included notable figures from the film industry such as Diego Crspedes, Laura Wandel, Chlor Zhao, Demi Moore, Ruth Negga, Stellan Skarsgård, and Paul Laverty.
Awards Ceremony Highlights
French actress Eyade Haidara hosted the festival's closing ceremony. Legendary actress Barbra Streisand was honored with the Honorary Palme d’Or, expressing her gratitude through a video message as she could not attend in person. Several films were celebrated during the event, with the Grand Prix, the second-highest award after the Palme d’Or, awarded to Andrey Zvyagintsev's film, Minotaur.
Complete List of Award Winners
Palme d’Or: Barbra Streisand
Grand Prix: Minotaur, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Jury Prize: The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach
Best Director: Javier Calva and Javier Ambrossi, The Black Ball; Pawel Pawlikowski, Fatherland
Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, All of a Sudden
Best Actor: Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, Coward
Best Screenplay: A Man of His Time, Emmanuel Marre
Camera d’Or for Best First Feature: Ben’imana, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Short Film Palme d’Or: Para Los Contrincantes, Federico Luis
The short film jury, led by Carla Simon, included Park Ji-min, Ali Asgari, Salim Kechiouche, and Magnus von Horn, who selected the winner of the Short Film Palme d’Or.
Additionally, the following awards were announced:
HONORARY PALMES D’OR: Peter Jackson; Barbra Streisand; John Travolta
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Un Certain Regard Award: Everytime, Sandra Wollner
Jury Prize: Elephants in the Fog, Abinash Bikram Shah
Special Jury Prize: Iron Boy, Louis Clichy
Best Actress: Daniela Marin Navarro, Marina de Tavira, and Mariangel Villegas, Forever Your Maternal Animal
Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, Congo Boy
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: Too Many Beasts, Sarah Arnold
SACD Prize for Best French Film: Shana, Shana Pinell
Audience Choice Award: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, Clio Barnard
Carrosse d’Or: Claire Denis
CRITICS’ WEEK
Grand Prize: La Gradiva, Marine Atlan
GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: A Girl Unknown, Zou Jing (Pyramide Distribution)
Rising Star Award: Aina Clotet, Alive
SACD Prize: Blerta Basholli and Nicole Borgeat, Dua
Canal+ Short Film Award: Vaterland or a Bule Named Yanto, Berthold Wahjudi
Discovery Prize for Short Film: Skinny Boots, Romain F. Dubois
IMMERSIVE COMPETITION
Best Immersive Work Award: Katábasis, Ugo Arsac
Special Mention: The Black Mirror Experience, David Bardos and Damià Ferràndiz
CINÉFONDATION AWARDS
First Prize: Laser-Cat, Lucas Acher (NYC, United States)
Second Prize: Silent Voices, Nadine Misong Jin (Columbia University, United States)
Third Prize: (TIE) Never Enough, Julius Lagoutte Larsen (La Fémis, France); Growing Stones, Flying Papers, Roozbeh Gezerseh and Soraya Shamsi (Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, Germany)
OTHER AWARDS
L’Oeil d’Or Documentary Prize: Rehearsals for a Revolution, Pegah Ahangarani
Golden Eye Special Jury Prize: Tin Castle, Alexander Murphy
Queer Palm: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun
Queer Palm Discovery Prize: Flesh and Fuel, Pierre Le Gall
Queer Palm for Short Film: Silent Voice, Nadine Misong Jin
FIPRESCI Award (Competition): Fjord, Cristian Mungiu
FIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard): Ben’imana, Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo
FIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections): A Girl Unknown, Jing Zou
Ecumenical Jury Award: Fjord, Cristian Mungiu
Cannes Soundtrack Award: Evgueni and Sacha Galperine, Minotaur
François Chalais Prize: Fjord, Cristian Mungiu
Citizenship Prize: Fjord, Cristian Mungiu
AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: A Man of His Time, Emmanuel Marre
Prix du Cinéma Positif: Coward, Lukas Dhont
Palm Dog: Yuri, La Perra
Palm Dog Special Mention: Lola, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
Trophée Chopard for Female Revelation of the Year: Odessa A’zion
Trophée Chopard for Male Revelation of the Year: Connor Swindells
This year, several Indian actresses, including Aishwarya Rai, Alia Bhatt, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Huma Qureshi, graced the festival with their presence.