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Festival de Cannes

The 79th Festival de Cannes

May 12–23, 2026  •  Palais des Festivals, Cannes  •  Jury President: Park Chan-wook

79th
Festival Edition
Fjord Palme d'Or
Minotaur Grand Prix
The Dreamed Adventure Jury Prize
Main Competition
Palme d'Or
Winner
Fjord
Cristian Mungiu, dir. — the director's second Palme d'Or, after 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Grand Prix
Winner
Minotaur
Andrey Zvyagintsev, dir.
Jury Prize
Winner
The Dreamed Adventure
Valeska Grisebach, dir.
Best Director
Winner
Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi
The Black Ball
Winner
Paweł Pawlikowski
Fatherland — prize shared
Best Actress
Winner
Virginie Efira & Tao Okamoto
All of a Sudden — shared prize
Best Actor
Winner
Emmanuel Macchia & Valentin Campagne
Coward (dir. Lukas Dhont) — shared prize
Best Screenplay
Winner
Emmanuel Marre
A Man of His Time
Other Sections & Honours
Un Certain Regard
Winner
Everytime
Sandra Wollner, dir.
Camera d'Or — Best First Film
Winner
Ben'Imana
Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo, dir.
Palme d'Or — Best Short Film
Winner
For the Opponents
Federico Luis, dir.
Honorary Palme d'Or
Honoree
Peter Jackson • John Travolta • Barbra Streisand
Lifetime achievement honours