Cannes Film Festival
71st edition
- May 19, 2018
- France
FranceThe 71st annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett served as jury president for the main competition. Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Shoplifters, marking Japan first win after more than twenty years.
Main Competition
| Award | Movie | People |
|---|---|---|
| Palme d'Or | Shoplifters | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| Special Palme d'Or | The Image Book | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Grand Prix | BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee |
| Jury Prize | Capernaum | Nadine Labaki |
| Best Directing | Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Ayka | Samal Yeslyamova |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Dogman | Marcello Fonte |
| Best Screenplay | Happy as Lazzaro | Alice Rohrwacher |
| Best Screenplay | 3 Faces | Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar |
| FIPRESCI Prize | Burning | Lee Chang-dong |
Un Certain Regard
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 | Border | Ali Abbasi |
| Jury Prize | The Dead and the Others | João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora |
| Best Directing | Donbass | Sergei Loznitsa |
| Best Performance | Girl | Victor Polster |
| Best Screenplay | Sofia | Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi |
| FIPRESCI Prize | Girl | Lukas Dhont |
Caméra d'Or
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 | Girl | Lukas Dhont |
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