70th Festival de Cannes Awards

Cérémonie du Palmarès 2017© Alberto Pizzoli / AFP

Chaired by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, the Jury of the 70th Festival de Cannes unveiled the names of the winners at the prize-giving ceremony on Sunday, May 28, 2017.

After an ultimate glamorous Red Carpet, the Mistress of Ceremonies Monica Bellucci welcomed on the stage of the Grand Theater Lumière the Jury and the winners of the 70th Festival de Cannes. Pedro Almodóvar and French actress Juliette Binoche had the honor of awarding the Palme d’Or to Ruben Östlund for his film The Square selected as the best of the nineteen films in Competition.
At the end of the Awards ceremony, The Square was screened for a gathering of celebrities and personalities from the cinema, fashion and the arts to close this brilliant, rich in screenings and events 70th milestone edition.

The 70th Festival de Cannes Awards

Feature films
Palme d’or
The Square by Ruben Östlund

70th Anniversary Award
Nicole Kidman, starring in The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Beguiled

Nicole Kidman – The Beguiled ©YesICannes.com

Grand Prix
120 Battements par Minute by Robin Campillo

Best Director Prize
Sofia Coppola pour The Beguiled

Best Performance as an Actress
Diane Kruger in Aus Dem Nichts by Fatih Akin

Diane Kruger – In The Fade ©YesICannes.com

Best Performance as an Actor
Joaquin Phoenix in You Were Never Really Here by Lynne Ramsay

Jury Prize
Nelyubov by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Best Screenplay ex-aequo
Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for The Killing of a Sacred Deer Lynne Ramsay for You Were never Really Here

Short Films
Palme d’or
Xiao Iao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night) by Yang Qiu
Special Distinction by the Jury
 Katto (The Ceiling) by Teppo Airaksinen

Caméra d’or
Jeune Femme by Léonor Serraille presented at Un Certain Regard

Vulcain Prize for Artist Technician: The CST jury rewarded Josefin Asberg for his remarkable artistic contribution in keeping with the inventiveness of the film The Square.

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