After eleven days of red-carpet glamour and movie screenings, the 68th Cannes Film Festival came to end. The closing ceremony was a night full of surprises with the names of winner being announced.
The jury included US directing duo the Coen brothers and other directors and actors including Guillermo Del Toro, Sienna Miller, Xavier Dolan, Sophie Marceau and Jake Gyllenhaal.
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard won the Chopard-sponsored trophy for his drama “Dheepan” which is about traumatized refugees attempting to rebuild their lives after suffering loss and displacement.
The second-place prize went to Hungarian director for Saul Fia while Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ film The Lobster won third-place prize. Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien got the best director award for Nie Yinniang.
France’s Vincent Lindon took home the best actor award for French director Stephane Brize’s film La Loi du while best actress prize went to Marche Mara for her role in Todd Hayne’s Carol and actress Emmanuelle Bercot for her role in film Maiwenn Besco’s Mon Roi.
Colombian director Cesar Augusto Acevedo was awarded the Camera d’Or prize for best film for La tierra y la sombre while Mexican director Michel Franco won prize for his film about an end-of-life nurse.
