70th Cannes Film Festival Awards

As the 70th Cannes Film Festival comes to a close, the festival Jury, presided by Pedro Almodóvar, has revealed the names of the 2017 prize winners. Palme d’or winner The Square by Ruben Östlund was screened at the end of the Awards Ceremony to close the 70th edition of the Festival de Cannes.

—

PALME D’OR
The Square
by Ruben Östlund

70th Anniversary Award
Nicole Kidman

GRAND PRIX
120 Battements Par Minute (BPM – Beats Per Minute)
by Robin campillo

BEST DIRECTOR
Sofia Coppola
for The Beguiled

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Joaquin Phoenix
in You Were Never Really Here by Lynne Ramsay

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Diane Kruger
in Aus Dem Nichts (In The Fade) by Fatih Akin

JURY PRIZE
Nelyubov (Loveless)
by Andrey Zvyagintsev

BEST SCREENPLAY (Tie)
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
for The Killing of a Sacred Deer
and
Lynne Ramsay
for You Were Never Really Here