Cannes Film Festival
78th edition
- May 24, 2025
- France
FranceThe 78th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2025. French actress Juliette Binoche served as jury president for the main competition. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film It Was Just an Accident.
Main Competition
| Award | Movie | People |
|---|---|---|
| Palme d'Or | It Was Just an Accident | Jafar Panahi |
| Best Picture | Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier |
| Jury Prize | Sirât | Oliver Laxe |
| Jury Prize | Sound of Falling | Mascha Schilinski |
| Best Director | The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Little Sister | Nadia Melliti |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Secret Agent | Wagner Moura |
| Best Screenplay | Young Mothers | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
| FIPRESCI Prize | The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho |
| Special Award | Resurrection | Bi Gan |
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 | The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo | Diego Céspedes |
| Jury Prize | A Poet | Simón Mesa Soto |
| Best Director | Once Upon a Time in Gaza | Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Urchin | Frank Dillane |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | I Only Rest In the Storm | Cleo Diára |
| Best Screenplay | Pillion | Harry Lighton |
| FIPRESCI Prize | Urchin | Harris Dickinson |
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 | The President's Cake | Hasan Hadi |
| Special Mention | My Father's Shadow | Akinola Davies Jr. |
Honorary Palme d'Or
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 | — | Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington |
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