Cannes 2017 Winners

The Cannes Film Festival awarded its coveted Palme d’Or award to Ruben Ostlund’s Swedish comedy The Square on Sunday, while Sofia Coppola became only the second woman to win the best director award. Coppola won best director for The Beguiled, her remake of Don Siegel’s 1971 Civil War drama about a Union soldier hiding out in a Southern girls’ school. Hailed as Coppola’s most feminist work yet, the remade thriller told from a more female point of view stars Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst, with Colin Farrell playing the wounded soldier.

Diane Kruger was named best actress and Joaquin Phoenix best actor as the festival celebrated its 70th anniversary. Kruger was honoured for her performance in Fatih Akin’s In the Fade. She played a German woman whose son and Turkish husband are killed in a bomb attack. Phoenix was recognized for his role in Lynne Ramsay’s thriller You Were Never Really Here, in which he played a tormented war veteran trying to save a teenage girl from a sex trafficking ring


Here is the complete list of winners from this year’s edition of the prestigious film festival:

2017 Main Competition winners: 
Palme d’Or
“The Square”, director: Ruben Ostlund

Special 70th Anniversary Prize
Nicole Kidman

Grand Prize
“120 Beats Per Minute”, director: Robin Campillo

Best Director
Sofia Coppola, “The Beguiled”

Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix, “You Were Never Really Here”

Best Actress
Diane Kruger, “In The Fade”

Jury Prize
“Loveless”, director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Best Screenplay
TIE
Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou, “The Killing Of A Sacred Deer”
Lynne Ramsay, “You Were Never Really Here”

Short Film Palme d’Or
“A Gentle Night”, director: Qui Yang
Special Mention: “The Ceiling”, director: Teppo Airaksinen

Caméra d’Or
“Jeune Femme”, director: Leonor Serraille

2017 Un Certain Regard winners: 

Un Certain Regard Prize: Mohammad Rasoulof – “A Man of Integrity”
Best Actress: Jasmine Trinca – “Fortunata”
Best Poetic Narrative: Mathieu Amalric – “Barbara”
Best Direction: Taylor Sheridan – “Wind River”
Jury Prize: Michel Franco – “April’s Daughter”

2017 International Critics Week winners:
Nespresso Grand Prize: Emmanuel Gras – “Makala”
France 4 Visionary Award: Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa – “Gabriel and the Mountain”
Leica Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Laura Ferrés – “Los Desheredados”
Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award: Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa – “Gabriel and the Mountain”
SACD Award: Léa Mysius – “Ava”
Canal+ Award: Aleksandra Terpińska – “The Best Fireworks”

2017 Director’s Fortnight winners:
Art Cinema Award: Chloé Zhao – “The Rider”
SACD Award: Claire Denis – Let the Sunshine In, Philippe Garrel – “Lover for a Day”
Europa Cinemas Label Award: Jonas Carpignano – “A Ciambra”
Illy Prize for Short Film: Benoit Grimalt – “Back to Genoa City”