After approximately three years, the 2018 Cannes Film Festival is coming to an end, and the Cate Blanchett jury — also consisting of Kristen Stewart, Denis Villeneuve, Ava DuVerny, Chang Chen, Léa Seydoux, Robert Guédiguian, Andrey Zvyagintsev, and Khadja Nin — is about to reveal their decisions. (Will I have the strength to update this once that phrasing is no longer relevant*? Time will tell.) Let’s get to it — stream and find winners below.
Palme d’Or: Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Special Palme d’Or: The Image Book, Jean-Luc Godard (Note: per Cate Blanchett, for “continually striving to define and redefine what cinema can be.”)
Grand Prix: BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
Jury Prize: Capernaum, Nadine Labaki
Best Actress: Samal Yeslyamova, Akya
Best Actor: Marcello Fonte, Dogman
Best Director: Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War
Best Screenplay: Alice Rohrwacher, Lazzaro Felice; Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar, 3 Faces
Short Film Palme d’Or: All These Creatures, Charles Williams
Queer Palm (Feature): Girl, Lukas Dhont
Queer Palm (Short): The Orphan, Carolina Markowicz
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