DHEEPAN, SAUL FIA (SON OF SAUL), and More Win Awards at Cannes Film Festival

The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were announced as the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It is THE FIRST TIME that two people will chair the jury. Since the Coen brothers will each get a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel. Check out the full list of winners below!

French actor Lambert Wilson was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. The Palme d'Or was awarded to the French film Dheepan directed by Jacques Audiard.

The festival poster featured Hollywood star and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, photographed by David Seymour. The poster was chosen to pay tribute to Bergman for her contributions to films and who also served as the Jury President at 1973 Cannes Film Festival. As part of the tribute to Bergman, the Swedish documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words will screened in the Cannes Classics section.

Standing Tall, directed by Emmanuelle Bercot, was the festival's opening film. This was the second opening film in the festival's history to have been directed by a woman, the first being A Man in Love by Diane Kurys which opened the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Ice and the Sky, directed by Luc Jacquet, was the festival's closing film. Both the opening and closing films were selected for the strength and importance of their messages-Standing Tall for the way its themes respond to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and Ice and the Sky for its concern for the future of the planet.

French film director Agnès Varda was presented with the honorary Palme d'Or at the festival's closing ceremony. She is also the first female filmmaker to ever receive the award.

The Official Selection of films for the 2015 festival, including the line-up for the Main Competition, was announced on 16 April 2015.

FEATURE FILMS

• Palme d'Or

  DHEEPAN Directed by Jacques AUDIARD

• Grand Prix

  SAUL FIA (SON OF SAUL) Directed by László NEMES

• Award for Best Director

  HOU Hsiao-Hsien for NIE YINNIANG (THE ASSASSIN)

• Award for Best Screenplay

  Michel FRANCO for CHRONIC

• Award for Best Actress Ex-aequo

  Emmanuelle BERCOT in MON ROI Directed by MAÏWENN
• Rooney MARA in CAROL Directed by Todd HAYNES

• Award for Best Actor

  Vincent LINDON in LA LOI DU MARCHÉ (THE MEASURE OF A MAN) Directed byStéphane BRIZÉ

• Jury Prize

  THE LOBSTER Directed by Yorgos LANTHIMOS

SHORT FILMS

• Palme d'Or - Short Film

  WAVES '98 Directed by Ely DAGHER

UN CERTAIN REGARD :

• Prize of Un Certain Regard

  HRÚTAR (RAMS) Directed by Grímur HAKONARSON

• Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard

  ZVIZDAN (THE HIGH SUN) Directed by Dalibor MATANIC

• Directing Prize of Un Certain Regard

  KISHIBE NO TABI (JOURNEY TO THE SHORE) Directed by KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

• Un Certain Talent Prize

  COMOARA (THE TREASURE) Directed by Corneliu PORUMBOIU

• Promizing Future Prize Ex-aequo

  NAHID Directed by Ida PANAHANDEH
• MASAAN Directed by Neeraj GHAYWAN

CINEFONDATION :

• 1st Prize Cinéfondation

  SHARE Directed by Pippa BIANCO

• 2nd Prize Cinéfondation

  LOCAS PERDIDAS (LOST QUEENS) Directed by Ignacio JURICIC MERILLÁN

• 3rd Prize Cinéfondation Ex-aequo

  VICTOR XX Directed by Ian GARRIDO LÓPEZ
• THE RETURN OF ERKIN Directed by Maria GUSKOVA

GOLDEN CAMERA :

• Caméra d'or

  LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA Directed by César Augusto ACEVEDO

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