Not too many surprises in the Cannes winners’ circle today. Reclusive critics’ darling Terrence Malick took home his first Golden Palm, the fest’s highest honor. The Tree of Life was an obvious frontrunner in a year that offered little consensus, given the director’s pedigree and the film’s ambitious scope.
The third (Jury Prize) and second (Grand Prix) prizes were a less predictable lot: the former went to Polisse, a divisive police prodecural, while the latter went to the Dardenne brothers – who have already won two Palmes – for Le Gamin Au Vélo.
Here’s a list of today’s winners, as well as the prizes announced yesterday:
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Jury Prize: Polisse
Screenplay: Footnote
Actress: Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia
Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Grand Prix (tie): Le Gamin Au Vélo; Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Palme D’Or: The Tree Of Life
Camera D’Or (First Feature): Las Acacias
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Un Certain Regard:
Best Picture (tie): Arirang; Halt Auf Freier Strecke
Special Jury Prize: Elena
Best Director: Mohammad Rasoulof, Bé Omid é Didar
Ecumenical Jury Prize: This Must be the Place
Special Mentions: Where Do We Go Now; Le Havre
Queer Palme; Skoonheid
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Short Films Jury:
1st Prize: The Letter
2nd Prize: Drari
3rd Prize: Fly by Night