Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia Win Best Actor at Cannes for ‘Coward'(Updating Live)
The morning of the final day of the Cannes Film Festival is when the rumors start: fast-spreading whispers about which directors and stars have been invited back to attend that evening’s Palmarès awards ceremony. There, the Competition jury — this year presided over by South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook, with Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, Ruth Negga and Chloé Zhao among his jurors — will soon present their picks for the best of the fest, culminating in the coveted Palme d’Or.
As for the names and films alleged to be in the mix, they largely coincide with the established critical favorites. (See our own critics’ picks here.) They include Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” and a late-breaking wild card: Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s sprawling queer melodrama “The Black Ball,” which wasn’t much buzzed-about at the start of the festival, but premiered two days ago to ecstatic audience reactions, a 16-minute standing ovation and a heated bidding war that Netflix is winning. But hearsay can be misleading, and which prizes will go to which films is still anyone’s guess.
The ceremony will also see the presentation of the short film awards, the Camera d’Or for best first feature (a highly competitive prize this year, with 29 debuts in the running), and an Honorary Palme d’Or for showbiz legend Barbra Streisand, though she’s unable to attend in person due to injury. We’ll be updating this article live as the awards are announced, with full commentary to follow.
COMPETITIONPalme d’Or: Grand Prix: Jury Prize: Best Director: Best Actress: Best Actor: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia, “Coward”Best Screenplay: OTHER PRIZESCamera d’Or: “Ben’Imana,” Marie Clémentine DusabejamboShort 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 TravoltaUN CERTAIN REGARDUn Certain Regard Award: “Everytime,” Sandra WollnerJury Prize: “Elephants in the Fog” Abinash Bikram ShahSpecial Jury Prize: “Iron Boy,” Louis ClichyBest Actress: Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas, “Forever Your Maternal Animal”Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, “Congo Boy”
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHTEuropa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: “Too Many Beasts,” Sarah ArnoldSACD Prize for Best French Film: “Shana,” Shana PinellAudience Choice Award: “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” Clio BarnardCarrosse d’Or: Claire DenisCRITICS’ WEEKGrand Prize: “La Gradiva,” Marine AtlanGAN 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 COMPETITIONBest Immersive Work Award: “Katábasis,” Ugo ArsacSpecial Mention: “The Black Mirror Experience,” David Bardos and Damià FerràndizCINÉFONDATION AWARDSFirst 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 AWARDSL’Oeil d’Or Documentary Prize: “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” Pegah AhangaraniGolden Eye Special Jury Prize: “Tin Castle,” Alexander MurphyQueer Palm: “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Jane SchoenbrunQueer Palm Discovery Prize: “Flesh and Fuel,” Pierre Le Gall
Queer Palm for Short Film: “Silent Voice,” Nadine Misong JinFIPRESCI Award (Competition): “Fjord,” Cristian MungiuFIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard): “Ben’Imana,” Marie-Clementine DusabejamboFIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections): “A Girl Unknown,” Jing ZouEcumenical 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
As for the names and films alleged to be in the mix, they largely coincide with the established critical favorites. (See our own critics’ picks here.) They include Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” and a late-breaking wild card: Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s sprawling queer melodrama “The Black Ball,” which wasn’t much buzzed-about at the start of the festival, but premiered two days ago to ecstatic audience reactions, a 16-minute standing ovation and a heated bidding war that Netflix is winning. But hearsay can be misleading, and which prizes will go to which films is still anyone’s guess.
The ceremony will also see the presentation of the short film awards, the Camera d’Or for best first feature (a highly competitive prize this year, with 29 debuts in the running), and an Honorary Palme d’Or for showbiz legend Barbra Streisand, though she’s unable to attend in person due to injury. We’ll be updating this article live as the awards are announced, with full commentary to follow.
COMPETITIONPalme d’Or: Grand Prix: Jury Prize: Best Director: Best Actress: Best Actor: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia, “Coward”Best Screenplay: OTHER PRIZESCamera d’Or: “Ben’Imana,” Marie Clémentine DusabejamboShort 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 TravoltaUN CERTAIN REGARDUn Certain Regard Award: “Everytime,” Sandra WollnerJury Prize: “Elephants in the Fog” Abinash Bikram ShahSpecial Jury Prize: “Iron Boy,” Louis ClichyBest Actress: Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas, “Forever Your Maternal Animal”Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, “Congo Boy”
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHTEuropa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: “Too Many Beasts,” Sarah ArnoldSACD Prize for Best French Film: “Shana,” Shana PinellAudience Choice Award: “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” Clio BarnardCarrosse d’Or: Claire DenisCRITICS’ WEEKGrand Prize: “La Gradiva,” Marine AtlanGAN 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 COMPETITIONBest Immersive Work Award: “Katábasis,” Ugo ArsacSpecial Mention: “The Black Mirror Experience,” David Bardos and Damià FerràndizCINÉFONDATION AWARDSFirst 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 AWARDSL’Oeil d’Or Documentary Prize: “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” Pegah AhangaraniGolden Eye Special Jury Prize: “Tin Castle,” Alexander MurphyQueer Palm: “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Jane SchoenbrunQueer Palm Discovery Prize: “Flesh and Fuel,” Pierre Le Gall
Queer Palm for Short Film: “Silent Voice,” Nadine Misong JinFIPRESCI Award (Competition): “Fjord,” Cristian MungiuFIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard): “Ben’Imana,” Marie-Clementine DusabejamboFIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections): “A Girl Unknown,” Jing ZouEcumenical 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