naiwa 2026-05-24

The 79th Cannes Film Festival announced the winners — and Europe is once again in the spotlight.

From May 12 to 23, 2026, the 79th international film festival took place in Cannes. The main prize — the "Palme d'Or" — was won by the drama "Rift" by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, who had previously received the same award for "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days." The film stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve — the story revolves around a large family that moved to the Norwegian village of the mother.The Grand Prix was awarded to "The Minotaur" by Andrey Zvyagintsev with Dmitry Mazurov and Iris Lebedeva. This is the director's first work since "Loveless" in 2017, which received the Jury Prize at the 70th Cannes Festival.The Best Director prize was shared by three filmmakers: the Spanish duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi ("The Black Ball") and Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski with the biographical film "The Fatherland" about Thomas Mann. The best actors were Valentin Campagne and Emmanuelle Maccia ("Coward"), and among the actresses, the winners were Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto ("Suddenly"). Honorary "Palme d'Or" awards this year were given to John Travolta, Barbra Streisand, and Peter Jackson — the latter was personally presented the award by Elijah Wood.
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