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Cannes Film Festival

70th edition

  • May 28, 2017
  • France

The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition. Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his comedy-drama film The Square.

Main Competition

All winners
Award Movie People
Palme d'Or The Square Ruben Östlund
Grand Prix BPM (Beats per Minute) Robin Campillo
Jury Prize Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev
Best Directing The Beguiled Sofia Coppola
Best Actor in a Leading Role You Were Never Really Here Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress in a Leading Role In the Fade Diane Kruger
Best Screenplay The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Best Screenplay You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay
70th Anniversary Prize — Nicole Kidman
FIPRESCI Prize BPM (Beats per Minute) Robin Campillo

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 A Man of Integrity Mohammad Rasoulof
Jury Prize April's Daughter Michel Franco
Best Directing Wind River Taylor Sheridan
Best Performance Lucky Jasmine Trinca
The Poetry of Cinema Award Barbara Mathieu Amalric
FIPRESCI Prize Closeness 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 Jeune Femme Léonor Serraille

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 — Jeffrey Katzenberg

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