Award Winners at the 70th Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection
Competition
Golden Palm (Palme d’Or)
- Ruben Östlund for The Square, cinematography by Frederik Wenzel
Watch or rewatch our filmed interview with the cinematographer
Grand Prize (Grand Prix)
- 120 Beats per Minute, by Robin Campillo, cinematography by Jeanne Lapoirie, AFC
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Best Director (Prix de la mise en scène)
- Sofia Coppola for The Beguiled, cinematography by Philippe Le Sourd, AFC
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Best First Feature Film (Caméra d’or)
- Jeune Femme, by Léonor Serraille, cinematography by Emilie Noblet, selected in Un certain regard
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Technical Artist’s Award (Prix Vulcain de l’Artiste-Technicien (Prix CST)
- Josefin Åsberg, set designer, “for her remarkable artistic contribution in harmony with the inventiveness of the film The Square”
Read or reread our interview with cinematographer Fredrik Wenzel
Un Certain Regard Section
Poetic Cinema Award (Prix de la poésie du cinéma)
- Barbara, by Mathieu Amalric, cinematography by Christophe Beaucarne, AFC, SBC
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Best Director (Prix de la mise en scène)
- Taylor Sheridan for Wind River, cinematography by Ben Richardson
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Jury Prize (Prix du jury)
- Las hijas de Abril (The Girls of April), by Michel Franco, cinematography by Yves Cape, AFC, SBC
Read or reread our interview with the cinematographer
Cinéfondation Awards
Third Prize (Troisième Prix)
- Deux égarés sont morts, directed by Tommaso Usberti, cinematography by Mathieu Kauffmann (La Fémis, France)
Awards at the 49th Directors’ Fortnight
49th Directors’ Fortnight
SACD Prize for French-language Feature-Length Film (Prix SACD du long métrage francophone) (tied)
- Let the Sunshine In, by Claire Denis, cinematography by Agnès Godard, AFC, and
- Lover for a Day, by Philippe Garrel, cinematography by Renato Berta, AFC.
Read or reread our interview with Agnès Godard
Read or reread our interview, in French, with Renato Berta.
- Have a look on all AFC’s Cannes English and French interviews and videos
- Full list of awards in the Official Selection
- Full list of awards in the Critics’ Week.