The Awards of the 72nd edition of Festival de Cannes
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.
PALME D'OR (UNANIMITY)
GISAENGCHUNG (PARASITE) BONG Joon Ho
GRAND PRIX
ATLANTIQUE (ATLANTICS) Mati DIOP
AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
LE JEUNE AHMED (YOUNG AHMED) Luc DARDENNE, Jean-Pierre DARDENNE
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
CÉLINE SCIAMMA PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU (PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE) Céline SCIAMMA
JURY PRIZE (EX-AEQUO)
LES MISÉRABLES Ladj LY
JURY PRIZE (EX-AEQUO)
BACURAU Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO, Juliano DORNELLES
AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
EMILY BEECHAM LITTLE JOE Jessica HAUSNER
AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR (EX-AEQUO)
ANTONIO BANDERAS DOLOR Y GLORIA (PAIN AND GLORY) Pedro ALMODÓVAR
SPECIAL MENTION
ELIA SULEIMAN IT MUST BE HEAVEN Elia SULEIMAN
HONORARY PALME D'OR
ALAIN DELON
SHORT FILMS
PALME D'OR - SHORT FILM
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY Vasilis KEKATOS
SHORT FILM SPECIAL DISTINCTION
MONSTRUO DIOS (MONSTER GOD) Agustina SAN MARTIN
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 the actress 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
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)
