As the 78th edition of the film festival has come to a close, the final awards were given out last night at the Ceremonie d'ouverture. The Jury presented the awards: American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist, and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Strong. The Jury was chaired by this year's president, French Actress Juliette Binoche. 

Palme d’or

UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT
Jafar PANAHI

Grand Prix

AFFEKSJONSVERDI
(SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
Joachim TRIER

Joint Jury Prize

SIRÂT
Oliver LAXE

SOUND OF FALLING
Mascha SCHILINSKI

Best Director

Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO for O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT)

Best Screenplay

Jean-Pierre DARDENNE & Luc DARDENNE for JEUNE MÉRES

Best performance by an actress

Nadia MELLITI in LA PETITE DERNIÉRE directed by Hafsia HERZI

Best performance by an actor

Wagner MOURA in O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT) directed by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO

Special Award

KUANG YE SHI DAI (RESURRECTION)

Bi GAN

Photos courtesy of Laurent Hou