Romanian Director Cristian Mungiu Wins His Second Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival for ‘Fjord’
Cristian Mungiu’s complex moral drama “Fjord,” starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, has won the Palme d’Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival, making the Romanian writer-director the tenth filmmaker to win the coveted award twice — 19 years after his first victory for “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.” Exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s anti-Putin drama “Minotaur” took the Grand Prix, the second-most prestigious honor, with other Competition awards going to “Fatherland,” “The Black Ball,” “The Dreamed Adventure,” “Coward,” “All of a Sudden” and “A Man of His Time.” Full list of winners below, with full commentary to follow.
COMPETITION
Palme d’Or: “Fjord,’ Cristian Mungiu
Grand Prix: “Minotaur,” Andrey Zvyagintsev
Jury Prize: “The Dreamed Adventure,” Valeska Grisebach
Best Director: (TIE) Javier Calva and Javier Ambrossi, “The Black Ball”; Pawel Pawlikowski, “Fatherland”
Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, “All of a Sudden”
Best Actor: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia, “Coward”
Best Screenplay: Emmanuel Marre, “A Man of His Time”
OTHER PRIZES
Camera d’Or: “Ben’Imana,” Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo
Short Film Palme d’Or: “For the Opponents,” Federico Luis
Prior to tonight’s ceremony, the festival has also seen the following awards 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 Marín 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,” by” 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
