Cannes Palme d’Or Goes to Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan Starrer Fjord

Cristian Mungiu‘s fjordstarring Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan as Romanian spiritual dad and mom who relocate to a small Norwegian village and discover themselves accused of kid abuse, has received the Palme d’Or on the 79th Cannes Film Festival — the Romanian director’s English-language debut.

With the win, Mungiu joins Cannes’ elite two-timer membership, following his 2007 victory with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and a pair of Dayshis searing account of unlawful abortion in Communist-era Romania.

For these conserving rating, this marks the seventh 12 months operating that Neon has efficiently picked the Palme winner. Tom Quinn’s indie outfit snatched up fjord for home launch forward of this 12 months’s competition.

Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Minotaura remodeling of Chabrol’s The Unfaithful Wife as an immaculate home thriller set towards modern Russia, he took the runner-up prize, the Grand Prix.

Best directing honors had been shared between Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the co-directors of Spanish musical drama The Black Balla García Lorca-inspired queer epic spanning eras with Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, and Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherlanda cold, grief-laden movie set in 1949 following novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) returning to a fractured post-war Germany after years in American exile.

Best actor honors went to newcomers Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, who performed the leads in Lukas Dhont’s cowardthe WWI drama about queer love within the trenches.

Best actress honors had been additionally shared, between French actress Virginie Efira and Japan’s Tao Okamoto, who performed the leads in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s emotional drama All of a Sudden. Both performers started to tear up once they took the stage to settle for their performing Palme.

Emmanuel Marre received greatest screenplay for A Man of His Timehis interval drama, primarily based on the lifetime of his personal great-grandfather, an creator and engineer who selected to work for the fascist Vichy regime.

German director Valeska Grisebach received the Jury Prize for The Dreamed Adventurea slow-burn thriller set in Bulgaria, that screened on the ultimate day of the competition.

The ceremony started with a lifetime achievement award, an honorary Palme d’Or, for legend Barbra Streisand. Streisand, who’s affected by a knee damage, could not attend, however at her request, legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert paid tribute to her life and profession. Huppert highlighted not solely Streisand’s unbelievable achievements in movie, music and on the stage, however her help for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, and spiritual and ethnic minorities. Huppert’s speech was adopted by a spotlight reel of Streisand’s 5 plus a long time in movie, from humorous woman (1968) and A Star is Born (1976) to Yentl (1983)and Meet the Fockers (2004).

Appearing by way of video, Streisand thanked the Cannes movie competition “for this magnificent award.” She reminisced about watching her first international movies at her native cinema, the Astor. “I was mesmerized by those images on the screen. They were so powerful that they are still in my head. I wanted to be an actress and live in those more interesting worlds.”

Recounting the highlights of her profession, Streisand stated being a lady and “an actress who wanted to direct” was a serious impediment, noting that it took 15 years to deliver her ardour mission, Yentlto the display. “But I had to make the movie,” she stated. She ended with a celebration of cinema, saying movie “has that magic ablity to unite us and open up our hearts and minds. That is what we are celebrating in Cannes. Merci beaucoup pour cet honneur et vive le cinéma!”

Cannes has typically offered a powerful predictor for awards season. Several of final 12 months’s winners, together with Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an AccidentJoachim Trier’s Sentimental ValueKleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent and Oliver Laxe’s Siratall acquired Oscar nominations, with Sentimental Value successful the Academy Award for greatest international characteristic.

A full listing of the 2026 Cannes award winners follows.

Palme d’Or

fjorddir. Cristian Mungiu

Grand Prix

Minotaurdir. Andrei Zvyagintsev

Jury Prize

The Dreamed Adventuredir. Valeska Grisebach

Best Director

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, for The Black Ball; Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland

Best Screenplay

Emmanuel Marre for A Man of His Time

Best Actress

Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto for All of a Suddendir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Best Actor

Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagne for coward, dir. Lukas Dhont

Special Prize

Camera d’Or for Best First Film

Palme d’Or for Best Short Film

For the Continents (To Opponents), dir. Federico Luis

Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Film

EverytimeSandra Wollner

Un Certain Regard Jury Prize

Elephants within the FogAbinash Bikram Shah (first movie)

Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize

iron boyLouis Clichy

Un Certain Regard Best Actor

Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, Congo Boydir. Rafiki Fariala

Un Certain Regard Best Actress

Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, I Am Always Your Mother Animaldir. Valentina Maurel