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Cannes Film Festival

72nd edition

  • May 25, 2019
  • France

The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president for the main competition. South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Parasite, becoming the first Korean to win the award.

Main Competition

All winners
Award Movie People
Palme d'Or Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Grand Prix Atlantics Mati Diop
Jury Prize Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
Jury Prize Les Misérables Ladj Ly
Best Directing Young Ahmed Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Best Actress in a Leading Role Little Joe Emily Beecham
Best Actor in a Leading Role Pain and Glory Antonio Banderas
Best Screenplay Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
FIPRESCI Prize It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman
Special Mention It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman - for best screenplay

Un Certain Regard

All winners

Un Certain Regard ("A Certain Glance") is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or. This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.

Award Movie People
Jury Prize Fire Will Come Oliver Laxe
Special Jury Prize Liberté Albert Serra
Special Jury Prize Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Un Certain Regard Prize Invisible Life Karim Aïnouz
Best Directing Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Best Performance On a Magical Night Chiara Mastroianni
« Coup de cœur » Prize A Brother’s Love Monia Chokri
« Coup de cœur » Prize The Climb Michael Angelo Covino
FIPRESCI Prize Beanpole Kantemir Balagov

Caméra d'Or

All winners

The Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week).

Award Movie People
Grand Prix Our Mothers César Díaz

Honorary Palme d'Or

All winners

Since 2002 the festival began to award a non-competitive Honorary Palme d'Or to directors or actors who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or.

Award Movie People
Honorary Award — Alain Delon

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