Well, it’s over. After 12 days of cinematic bliss, the winners of the official competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival have been dished out on the Croisette in the South Of France. The big winner on the night was Bong Joon-Ho’s superb black comedy/ drama Parasite, which took the prestigious Palme d’Or, the best in show at the annual festival. The Jury prize was awarded to two entries; Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables, and Kleber Mendonca Filho’s Bacarau.
Photo: La Pointe courte © 1994 Agnès Varda and her children, Montage and design: Flore Maquin / www.flore-maquin.com
Antonio Banderas was awarded best actor for Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, while best actress went to British actress Emily Beecham for Little Joe.
Elsewhere, best screenplay went to Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, while director went to Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Young Ahmed.
The Grand Prix – the runner-up, if you will, went to Mati Diop’s highly regarded Atlantique.
The full list of winners are below. The full list of winners for the secondary strand, Un Certain Regard are here.
Palme d’Or: Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho
Grand Prix: Atlantics, directed by Mati Diop
Jury Prize (joint): Les Misérables, directed by Ladj Ly and Bacurau, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
Best Actress: Emily Beecham for Little Joe
Best Actor: Antonio Banderas for Pain & Glory
Best Director: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for The Young Ahmed
Best Screenplay: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma
Special Mention of the Jury: It Must Be Heaven, Elia Suleiman
Camera d’Or: Our Mothers, César Díaz
Short Film Palme d’Or: The Distance Between Us And The Sky, Vasilis Kekatos
Special Mention of the Jury: Monstruo Dios, Agustina San
Queer Palm (Feature): Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma
Queer Palm (Short): The Distance Between Us And The Sky, Vasilis Kekatos
