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Cannes Film Festival

69th edition

  • May 22, 2016
  • France

The 69th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 22 May 2016. Australian filmmaker George Miller was the president of the jury for the main competition. French actor Laurent Lafitte was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.

Main Competition

All winners
Award Movie People
Palme d'Or I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach
Grand Prix It's Only the End of the World Xavier Dolan
Jury Prize American Honey Andrea Arnold
Best Directing Graduation Cristian Mungiu
Best Directing Personal Shopper Olivier Assayas
Best Actress in a Leading Role Ma' Rosa Jaclyn Jose
Best Actor in a Leading Role The Salesman Shahab Hosseini
Best Screenplay The Salesman Asghar Farhadi
FIPRESCI Prize Toni Erdmann Maren Ade

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
Un Certain Regard Prize The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Juho Kuosmanen
Jury Prize Harmonium Kōji Fukada
Best Directing Captain Fantastic Matt Ross
Best Screenplay The Stopover Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
FIPRESCI Prize Dogs Bogdan Mirică
Special Award The Red Turtle Michael Dudok de Wit

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 Divines Houda Benyamina

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 — Jean-Pierre Léaud

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