CANNES: The Cannes film festival ended on Saturday in the south of France with the awarding of its top prize, the Palme d’Or.

Here is a list of the main winners:

• Palme d’Or: Julia Ducournau for “Titane” (France)

• Grand Prix: Shared by Ashgar Farhadi for “A Hero” (Iran) and Juho Kuosmanen for “Compartment No.6” (Finland)

• Best actress: Renate Reinsve for “Worst Person in the World” (Norway)

• Best actor: Caleb Landry Jones for “Nitram” (US)

• Best screenplay: Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Takamasa Oe for “Drive My Car” (Japan)

• Jury prize: Shared by Nadav Lapid for “Ahed’s Knee” (Israel) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul for “Memoria” (Thailand)

• Best first film: Antoneta Kusijanovic for “Murina” (Croatia)

• Best short film: Hong Kong’s “All The Crows In The World” Tang Yi.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2021