Romanian Director Cristian Mungiu Wins His Second Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival for ‘Fjord’

Cristian Mungiu’s complex moral drama “Fjord,” starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, has won the Palme d’Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival, making the Romanian writer-director the tenth filmmaker to win the coveted award twice — 19 years after his first victory for “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.” Exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s anti-Putin drama “Minotaur” took the Grand Prix, the second-most prestigious honor, with other Competition awards going to “Fatherland,” “The Black Ball,” “The Dreamed Adventure,” “Coward,” “All of a Sudden” and “A Man of His Time.” Full list of winners below, with full commentary to follow.

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COMPETITION

Palme d’Or: “Fjord,’ Cristian Mungiu

Grand Prix: “Minotaur,” Andrey Zvyagintsev

Jury Prize: “The Dreamed Adventure,” Valeska Grisebach

Best Director: (TIE) Javier Calva and Javier Ambrossi, “The Black Ball”; Pawel Pawlikowski, “Fatherland”

Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, “All of a Sudden”

Best Actor: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia, “Coward”

Best Screenplay: Emmanuel Marre, “A Man of His Time”

OTHER PRIZES

Camera d’Or: “Ben’Imana,” Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo

Short Film Palme d’Or: “For the Opponents,” Federico Luis

Prior to tonight’s ceremony, the festival has also seen the following awards announced:

HONORARY PALMES D’OR: Peter Jackson; Barbra Streisand; John Travolta

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Un Certain Regard Award: “Everytime,” Sandra Wollner

Jury Prize: “Elephants in the Fog” Abinash Bikram Shah

Special Jury Prize: “Iron Boy,” Louis Clichy

Best Actress: Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas, “Forever Your Maternal Animal”

Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, “Congo Boy”

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: “Too Many Beasts,” Sarah Arnold

SACD Prize for Best French Film: “Shana,” Shana Pinell

Audience Choice Award: “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” Clio Barnard

Carrosse d’Or: Claire Denis

CRITICS’ WEEK

Grand Prize: “La Gradiva,” Marine Atlan

GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: “A Girl Unknown,” Zou Jing (Pyramide Distribution)

Rising Star Award: Aina Clotet, “Alive”

SACD Prize: Blerta Basholli and Nicole Borgeat, “Dua”

Canal+ Short Film Award: “Vaterland or a Bule Named Yanto,” Berthold Wahjudi

Discovery Prize for Short Film: “Skinny Boots,” Romain F. Dubois

IMMERSIVE COMPETITION

Best Immersive Work Award: “Katábasis,” Ugo Arsac

Special Mention: “The Black Mirror Experience,” David Bardos and Damià Ferràndiz

CINÉFONDATION AWARDS

First Prize: “Laser-Cat,” by” Lucas Acher (NYC, United States)

Second Prize: “Silent Voices,” Nadine Misong Jin (Columbia University, United States)

Third Prize: (TIE) “Never Enough,” Julius Lagoutte Larsen (La Fémis, France); “Growing Stones, Flying Papers,” Roozbeh Gezerseh and Soraya Shamsi (Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, Germany)

OTHER AWARDS

L’Oeil d’Or Documentary Prize: “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” Pegah Ahangarani

Golden Eye Special Jury Prize: “Tin Castle,” Alexander Murphy

Queer Palm: “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Jane Schoenbrun

Queer Palm Discovery Prize: “Flesh and Fuel,” Pierre Le Gall

Queer Palm for Short Film: “Silent Voice,” Nadine Misong Jin

FIPRESCI Award (Competition): “Fjord,” Cristian Mungiu

FIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard): “Ben’Imana,” Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo

FIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections): “A Girl Unknown,” Jing Zou

Ecumenical Jury Award: “Fjord,” Cristian Mungiu

Cannes Soundtrack Award: Evgueni and Sacha Galperine, “Minotaur”

François Chalais Prize: “Fjord,” Cristian Mungiu

Citizenship Prize: “Fjord,” Cristian Mungiu

AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: “A Man of His Time,” Emmanuel Marre

Prix du Cinéma Positif: “Coward,” Lukas Dhont

Palm Dog: Yuri, “La Perra”

Palm Dog Special Mention: Lola, “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning”

Trophée Chopard for Female Revelation of the Year: Odessa A’zion

Trophée Chopard for Male Revelation of the Year: Connor Swindells