With its fancy award ceremony over, Cannes has come to an end and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives has won the Palme d’Or. The festival’s Grand Prize went to French director Xavier Beauvois’s Of Gods and Men, and the jury prize went to Mahamet-Saleh Haroun’s A Screaming Man.
Best Director: Mathiew Amalric, On Tour
Best Actress: Juliette Binoche Certified Copy
Best Actor: Javier Bardem, Biutiful and Elio Germano, Our Life
Best First Film: Michael Rowe, Leap Year
Palme d’Or for a short film: Serge Avédikian Chienne d’Histoire
Best Screenplay: Lee Chang-dong Poetry
Cannes’ favorite ‘Uncle’ [HR]