Cristian Mungiu's Fjord Takes Home the Palme d'Or: View the Complete List of Winners from Cannes 2026

      As the 79th edition of Cannes wraps up, president Park Chan-wook and his jury, which includes Demi Moore, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Chloé Zhao, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé, Paul Laverty, and Stellan Skarsgård, have announced the winners.

      Cristian Mungiu’s film Fjord led the awards by securing the Palme d’Or, continuing NEON's streak of seven consecutive winning films. Other notable winners are Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur and Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure, along with a shared Best Director accolade awarded to Los Javis (La Bola Negra) and Paweł Pawlikowski (Fatherland).

      Below is the complete list of winners along with additional categories, and you can read our full coverage here.

      Palme d’Or: Fjord (Cristian Mungiu)

      Grand Prix: Minotaur (Andrey Zvyagintsev)

      Jury Prize: The Dreamed Adventure (Valeska Grisebach)

      Best Director: Los Javis (La Bola Negra) and Paweł Pawlikowski (Fatherland)

      Best Actor: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia (Coward)

      Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto (All of a Sudden)

      Best Screenplay: A Man of His Time (Emmanuel Marre)

      Camera d’Or (best first film): Ben’Imana (Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo)

      **Un Certain Regard**

      Un Certain Regard Prize: Everytime (Sandra Wollner)

      Jury Prize: Elephants in the Fog (Abinash Bikram Shah)

      1st Film Special Jury Prize: Iron Boy (Louis Clichy)

      Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset (Congo Boy)

      Best Actresses: Marina De Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas (Forever Your Maternal Animal)

      **Critics’ Week**

      Grand Prix: La Gradiva (Marine Atlan)

      Rising Star award: Aina Clotet (Alive)

      Distribution award: A Girl Unknown (Zou Jiung)

      Short film prize: Skinny Boots (Romain F. Dubois)

      SACD award: Dua (Blerta Basholli and Nicole Borgeat)

      Canal+ award: A Bule Named Yanto (Berthold Wahjudi)

      **Other Prizes**

      L’Oeil d’or Prize (Best Documentary): Rehearsals for a Revolution (Pegah Ahangarani)

      People’s Choice Audience Award at Directors’ Fortnight: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (Clio Barnard)

      Queer Palm Award: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Jane Schoenbrun)

      FIPRESCI Prize: Fjord (Cristian Mungiu)

      Palm Dog Award: Yuri (La Perra)