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\n\tCristian Mungiu<\/a>\u2018s Fjord<\/a><\/em>, starring Renate Reinsve<\/a> and Sebastian Stan<\/a> as Romanian religious parents who relocate to a small Norwegian village and find themselves accused of child abuse, has won the Palme d\u2019Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival \u2014 the Romanian director\u2019s English-language debut.<\/p>\n \n\tWith the win, Mungiu joins Cannes\u2019 elite two-timer club, following his 2007 victory with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days<\/em>, his searing account of illegal abortion in Communist-era Romania.<\/p>\n \n\tFor those keeping score, this marks the seventh year running that Neon has successfully picked the Palme winner. Tom Quinn\u2019s indie outfit snatched up Fjord<\/a><\/em> for domestic release ahead of this year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n \n\tAndre\u00ef Zvyagintsev\u2019s Minotaur<\/a><\/em>, a reworking of Chabrol\u2019s The Unfaithful Wife<\/em> as an immaculate domestic thriller set against contemporary Russia, took the runner-up prize, the Grand Prix. <\/p>\n \n\tBest directing honors were shared between Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the co-directors of Spanish musical drama La Bola Negra<\/a><\/em>, a Garc\u00eda Lorca-inspired queer epic spanning eras with Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Glenn Close, and Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski for Fatherland<\/a><\/em>, a chilly, grief-laden film set in 1949 following novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra H\u00fcller) returning to a fractured post-war Germany after years in American exile.<\/p>\n \n\tBest actor honors went to newcomers Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, who play the leads in Lukas Dhont\u2019s Coward<\/a><\/em>, the WWI drama about queer love in the trenches.<\/p>\n \n\tBest actress honors were also shared, between French actress Virginie Efira and Japan\u2019s Tao Okamoto, who play the leads in Ryusuke Hamaguchi\u2019s emotional drama All of a Sudden<\/a><\/em>. Both performers began to tear up when they took the stage to accept their acting Palme.<\/p>\n \n\tEmmanuel Marre won best screenplay for A Man of His Time<\/a><\/em>, his period drama, based on the life of his own great-grandfather, an author and engineer who chose to work for the fascist Vichy regime.<\/p>\n \n\tGerman director Valeska Grisebach won the Jury Prize for The Dreamed Adventure<\/a><\/em>, a slow-burn thriller set in Bulgaria, that screened on the final day of the festival. <\/p>\n \n\tThe ceremony began with a lifetime achievement award, an honorary Palme d\u2019Or, for legend Barbra Streisand<\/a>. Streisand, who is suffering from a knee injury, could not attend,<\/a> but at her request, legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert paid tribute to her life and career. Huppert highlighted not only Streisand\u2019s incredible achievements in film, music and on the stage, but her support for the LGBTQ+ community, and religious and ethnic minorities. Huppert\u2019s speech was followed by a highlight reel of Streisand\u2019s five plus decades in film, from Funny Girl <\/em>(1968) and A Star is Born<\/em> (1976) to Yentl<\/em> (1983)and Meet the Fockers<\/em> (2004).<\/p>\n \n\tAppearing via video, Streisand thanked the Cannes film festival \u201cfor this magnificent award.\u201d She reminisced about watching her first foreign films at her local cinema, the Astor. \u201cI was mesmerized by those images on the screen. They were so powerful that they are still in my head. I wanted to be an actress and live in those more interesting worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRecounting the highlights of her career, Streisand said being a woman and \u201can actress who wanted to direct\u201d was a major obstacle, noting that it took 15 years to bring her passion project, Yentl<\/em>, to the screen. \u201cBut I had to make the movie,\u201d she said. She ended with a celebration of cinema, saying film \u201chas that magic ablity to unite us and open up our hearts and minds. That is what we are celebrating in Cannes. Merci beaucoup pour cet honneur et vive le cin\u00e9ma!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tCannes has often proved a strong predictor for awards<\/a> season. Several of last year\u2019s winners, including Jafar Panahi\u2019s\u00a0It Was Just an Accident<\/em><\/a>, Joachim Trier\u2019s\u00a0Sentimental Value<\/a><\/em>, Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho\u2019s\u00a0The Secret Agent<\/a><\/em> and Oliver Laxe\u2019s\u00a0Sirat<\/a><\/em>, all received Oscar nominations, with Sentimental Value<\/em> winning the Academy Award for best international<\/a> feature.<\/p>\n \n\tA full list of the 2026 Cannes award winners follows.<\/p>\n \n\tFjord<\/a><\/em>, dir. Cristian Mungiu<\/p>\n \n\tMinotaur<\/a><\/em>, dir. Andre\u00ef Zvyagintsev<\/p>\n \n\tThe Dreamed Adventure<\/a><\/em>, dir. Valeska Grisebach<\/p>\n \n\tJavier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, for La Bola Negra<\/a><\/em>; Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski for Fatherland<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n \n\tEmmanuel Marre for A Man of His Time<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n \n\tVirginie Efira, Tao Okamoto for All of a Sudden<\/a><\/em>, dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi<\/p>\n\n\t\tPalme d\u2019Or\t<\/h2>\n
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