Cannes ’26 winners are disturbing but mostly deserving
- May 30
- 2 min read
I’m onside with Park Chan-wook’s #Cannes Palme d’Or jury, especially that it didn’t embarrass itself by giving kudos to the hopeless monster movie “Hope.” Movies with disturbing themes took fest honours: Cristian Mungiu’s smalltown witch hunt “𝗙𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗱” won the Palme although I would have given the top prize to Andrey Zvyagintsev’s marital meltdown “𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿,” the Grand Prix winner. And the third-place Jury Prize for Valeska Grisebach’s late-breaking intrigue “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲” means a really smart movie will get a lot more eyeballs, which is all to the good. But nothing at all for James Gray’s toothsome “𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿”? We need to invoke the sanity claws!
Here’s the official list of feature winners in the Palme d’Or competition:
Feature Films |
Palme d'Or FJORD directed by Cristian MUNGIU Grand Prix MINOTAUR directed by Andreï ZVIAGUINTSEV Jury Prize THE DREAMED ADVENTURE directed by Valeska GRISEBACH Best Director (tie) Javier CALVO & Javier AMBROSSI for LA BOLA NEGRA Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI for FATHERLAND Best Screenplay Emmanuel MARRE for A MAN OF HIS TIME Best Performance for an Actress Virginie EFIRA and Tao OKAMOTO in ALL OF A SUDDEN directed by HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke Best Performance for an Actor Emmanuel MACCHIA and Valentin CAMPAGNE in COWARD directed by Lukas DHONT Short Films Palme d’Or PARA LOS CONTRINCANTES directed by Federico LUIS Un Certain Regard Un Certain Regard Prize EVERYTIME directed by Sandra WOLLNER Jury Prize ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG directed by Abinash BIKRAM SHAH (1st film) Special Jury Prize IRON BOY directed by Louis CLICHY Best Actor Bradley FIOMONA DEMBEASSET in CONGO BOY directed by Rafiki FARIALA Best Actresses Marina DE TAVIRA, Daniela MARÍN NAVARRO, Mariangel VILLEGAS in SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO directed by Valentina MAUREL  |