The Film Festival 2025 announces the winners of their annual prizes at a ceremony on Saturday night in France. Thewrap will update the list of winners that they will be announced.
Wagner Moura won the best actor for his performance in the Brazilian drama “The Secret Agent.”
A special award went to “Resurrection”, the two-hour and 40-minute fantasia from Bi Gan.
The camera d’Or, which goes to the best first movie from any part of the festival, went to Hasan Hadi for “The President’s Cake”, the first Iraqi movie to win an award in Cannes. The film had previously won the Audience Award in the director’s two weeks.
The winners have been elected by a jury under the direction of French actress Juliette Binoche. Other lawyers included American actors Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong, Indian director Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leila Slismani, Congolese director Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director Hong Sangso and Mexikanso and Mexican.
The 21 Films in the Main Competition Also Included Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha,” Oliver Hermanus “” The History of Sound, “Richard Linklater’s” Nouvelle vague, “Seri Lozer Mendonca Filho’s “The Secret Agent,” Lynne Ramsay “Die My Love” and Kelly Reichardts “The Mastermind.”
When he entered the ceremony, the American Indie Company Neon had distributed the last five Palme d’Or winners in a row, starting with “Parasite” 2019 and including “Titane”, “Triangle of Sadness”, “Anatomy of a Fall” and last year’s winner. ” Neon came to Cannes with offers to distribute two films in the main competition, Julia Ducournaus “Alpha” and Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value.” During the festival, it did further business with three more challengers, “It was just an accident”, “Sirat” and “The Secret Agent”, which gave it five chances to extend its Palme -row to six.
Last year, only for the third time ever but for the second time in the last six years, Palme d’Or won the winner, “Anora,” at the Oscar Award for best picture. Two other winners in Cannes, “Emilia Perez” and “The Substance” were nominated for Best Picture and to win other Oscars, while the script winner “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was nominated for best international feature films.
The winners:
Palme d’O or:
Grand Prix:
Jury award:
Best director:
Best actor: Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Best actress:
Best script:
Special price for best script:
Special price: “Resurrection”, Bi Gan
Camera d’Or (best first movie): “President’s cake”, Hasan Hadi
Short film Palme d’Or:
Short film special mention:
