May 27, 2023
The 76th annual Cannes Film Festival (which took place in Cannes, France) has announced its award winners. The event took place from May 16 to May 27, 2023, with the prize winners announced on May 27, 2023. The awards were voted for by appointed juries.
FEATURE FILMS – COMPETITION
Palme d’Or: “Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet
Grand Prix: “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer
Director: Tran Anh Hung, “The Pot au Feu”
Actor: Kōji Yakusho, “Perfect Days”
Actress: Merve Dizdar, “About Dry Grasses”
Jury Prize: “Fallen Leaves,” Aki Kaurismaki
Screenplay: Sakamoto Yûji, “Monster”
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Un Certain Regard Award: “How to Have Sex,” Molly Manning Walker
Jury Prize: “Hounds,” Kamal Lazraq
Best Director Prize: “The Mother of All Lies,” Asmae El Moudir
Freedom Prize: “Goodbye Julia,” Mohamed Kordofani
Ensemble Prize: “The Buriti Flower,” João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, cast and crew
New Voice Prize: “Omen,” Baloji
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
Europa Cinemas Label: “Creatura,” Elena Martín
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “A Prince,” Pierre Creton
CRITICS’ WEEK
Grand Prize: “Tiger Stripes,” Amanda Nell Eu
French Touch Prize: “It’s Raining in the House,” Paloma Sermon-Daï
GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: Pyramide Films, “Inshallah a Boy”
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Jovan Ginić, “Lost Country”
SHORT FILMS – COMPETITION
Short Films Palme d’Or: “27,” Flóra Anna Buda
Short Films Special Mention: “Fár,” Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter
HIGHER TECHNICAL COMMISSION (CST)
CST Artist-Technician Prize: “The Zone of Interest,” Johnnie Burns
CST Young Film Technician Award: “Le Théorème de Marguerite (Marguerite’s Theorem),” Anne-Sophie Delseries
OTHER PRIZES
Camera d’Or: “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” Thien An Pham
Year of the Documentary: “Les Filles D’Olfa,” Kaouther Ben Hania and “Kadib Adyab” (The Mother of All Lies,” Asmae El Moudir (tie)
Queer Palm: “Monster”