Cannes Film Festival 2026: The Palme d'Or and the full prize list for this 79th edition

Drumroll please and the suspense is over! After 12 days of intense competition, it's time to unveil the complete Cannes Film Festival 2026 awards list. After the palmarès Un Certain Regard, it's now the turn of the 22 films en compétition officielle to be rewarded (or not) by the jury presided by Park Chan-wook.

This Saturday, May 23, all eyes will be on the Croisette and the Palais des Festivals as the closing ceremony of this grand international cinema celebration unfolds.

So which films have managed to touch the hearts of the jury, made up of the American actress and producer Demi Moore, the Irish-Ethiopian actress and producer Ruth Negga, the Belgian director and screenwriter Laura Wandel, the Chinese director and screenwriter Chloé Zhao, the Chilean director and screenwriter Diego Céspedes, the Ivorian-American actor Isaach De Bankolé, the Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, and the Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård?

Discover the complete winners’ list from the Cannes Film Festival 2026, and, in particular, the Palme d'Or of this 79th edition!

• To be read
• Cannes Film Festival 2026: The winners of the Un Certain Regard selection
• Cannes Film Festival 2026: The Directors' Fortnight winners
• Cannes 2026: The Critics’ Week Winners

The complete awards list for the Cannes Film Festival 2026 official competition:

• Palme d’Or : Fjord by Cristian Mungiu

• Grand Prix : Minotaure by Andrei Zvyagintsev in the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2026

• Jury Prize: The Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach

• Best Direction (tie) : La Bola negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi / Fatherland by Pawel Pawlikowski

• Screenplay Award : Notre salut by Emmanuel Marre

• Best Actress Award : Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto for Soudain by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

• Best Actor Award: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia in Coward, Lukas Dhont's film, in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2026

• Golden Camera award: Ben’imana by Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo

• Palme d’Or for Best Short Film : For the Opponents by Federico Luis

You'll be able to discover these films in cinemas very soon!

Discover the complete list of laureates, prizes and awards from the various selections below:

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