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Overview
- The 79th Festival de Cannes handed Cristian Mungiu the Palme d’Or for Fjord on Saturday, May 23, elevating a film the director called a plea for inclusion and empathy.
- Andrei Zviaguintsev received the Grand Prix and used his acceptance speech to call on Russia’s president to end the killings in Ukraine.
- Emmanuel Marre won Best Screenplay for Notre Salut and the festival split its acting prizes so that two actors shared Best Actor and two actresses shared Best Actress.
- Several critics’ top picks failed to take major prizes with Paper Tiger and Pedro Almodóvar among the notable films that left Cannes without the awards some observers expected.
- The closing night sharpened wider industry conversations about representation, the role of political cinema in festivals, the growing attention to AI in filmmaking, and which Cannes titles will press on into awards season.