All the Winners From Cannes 2026
As the 79th edition of the South of France showcase comes to a close, here’s who took home the top prizes.
Reported by Vogue.
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival handed out its prizes this weekend, and the results were — as always — a delicious mix of the expected and the genuinely surprising. Cristian Mungiu's Fjord took the Palme d'Or, edging out Andrey Zvyagintsev's Minotaur (which earned the Grand Prix) and Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland — the three films that had spent most of the festival trading frontrunner status. According to Vogue, all three were considered serious Palme contenders heading into the closing ceremony.
The acting prizes went in directions no one fully predicted. Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto shared Best Actress for All of a Sudden — a split win that will be talked about for the right reasons, given how dominant Efira's Cannes presence has been this cycle. Best Actor went to Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne for Coward, a relative dark horse over heavily discussed performances from Adam Driver, Rami Malek, and Javier Bardem. The jury clearly had other ideas. The Jury Prize landed with Valeska Grisebach's The Dreamed Adventure, and Best Screenplay went to Emmanuel Marre for A Man of His Time.
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The Best Director prize was shared — unusually — between Spanish duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi for The Black Ball and Pawlikowski for Fatherland, a decision that acknowledges both films without fully committing to either. The Black Ball had generated genuine buzz throughout the festival, so the recognition lands. Meanwhile, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo took the Camera d'Or for her debut feature Ben'imana, and Federico Luis claimed the Short Film Palme d'Or for Para Los Contrincantes.
In the Un Certain Regard section, Sandra Wollner's Everytime claimed the top prize, while Valentina Maurel's Forever Your Maternal Animal earned a three-way Best Actress win for Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, and Mariangel Villegas — a bold move that reflects the film's ensemble-driven power. Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset took Un Certain Regard Best Actor for Congo Boy, directed by Rafiki Fariala.
Cannes 2026 rewarded ambition over safe bets — and reminded us that the jury's job is never to confirm what Twitter already decided.
Read the original at Vogue.
