The winners of of the 68th Cannes Film Festival have been unveiled. In a rather surprise announcement, the Palme d’Or top prize went to Jacques Audiard‘s émigré drama "Dheepan," which features all Sri Lankaian non-actors in the lead roles. Audiard has been here before, and won the jury prize for "A Prophete" in 2009. The runner up Grand Prize went to Hungarian filmmaker “László Nemes’ much-loved Holocaust drama “Son Of Saul,” a film many predicted for the top award. The Best Director award went to Hou Hsiao-Hsien for his long-gestating martial arts drama ”The Assassin,” and the Best Actress prize was shared between Rooney Mara for “Carol” and Emmanuel Bercot for “Mon Roi.” Another festival favorite, Yorgos Lanthimos‘ "The Lobster," took the Jury prize.
The full winners list below with links to the respective reviews.
Palme d’Or: Jacques Audiard for "Dheepan" (read our review)
Grand Prix: László Nemes for “Son Of Saul” (read our review)
Best Actress: (Tie) Rooney Mara for “Carol” (read our review) and Emmanuel Bercot for “Mon Roi” (our review).
Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for “Measure Of A Man”
Best Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien for “The Assassin” (read our review)
Best Screenplay: Michel Franco For “Chronic” (read our review)
Jury Prize: Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” (read our review)
Caméra d’Or Award: "La Tierra y la Sombra" (“Land And Shade”) by Cesar Augusto Acevedo, cinematographer Mateo Guzmán.
Palme d’Or for Best Short Film: “Waves 98” by Ely Dagher
Check our all our coverage from the 2015 Cannes Film Festival right here.
"Like last year with Ceylan, this feels like a we owe you one to Audiard from the festival."
Cannes juries are a random body of people each year and not a consistent governing body where "we owe you one" actually factors in. And the Cannes jury votes by committee and consensus, something the Academy does not do. Totally different process.
Like last year with Ceylan, this feels like a "we owe you one" to Audiard from the festival.
umm… Carol was given Best Actress. What exactly about that is a snub? Only someone who doesn\’t actually care about global cinema would think that just because a high profile American film didn\’t take the top prize that it was a snub.
Carol snub=anti-Weinstein backlash?
Bradshaw praised Chronic\’s screenplay win as "shrewdly judged". The script is apparently a meticulous planting of clues building up to a big shock. Juries rarely if ever read the trades during the festival\’s run.
Can\’t wait to hear all about this on screen talk. A surprise indeed.
I didn\’t hear anything terribly positive about Dheepan, was almost certain Son of Saul was gonna take it. And best screenplay for Chronic! I heard it was pretty bland outside of the Tim Roth performance! Cannes is weird.