After 12 days and nights, the 79th Cannes Film Festival ends today with its awards ceremony, during which its nine-person jury will hand out honors including the highly coveted Palme d’Or. Led by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, the jury—directors Chloe Zhao, Laura Wandel, and Diego Cespedes, screenwriter Paul Laverty, and actors Demi Moore, Isaach de Bankole, Stellan Skarsgård, and Ruth Negga—will also name the best director, actress, actor, and screenplay, at Cannes 2026, among other awards.
French actress Eye Haidara will host the closing ceremony, a full circle moment for the Furies star, as she also hosted the opening ceremony on May 12.
While many have high hopes for films such as Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s lauded The Black Ball and Lukas Dhont’s Coward, one Cannes dream was crushed before the ceremony even began: Barbra Streisand, who was set to receive an honorary Palme d’Or, is skipping the ceremony due to a knee injury, she announced last week. Other recipients of the honorary award this year include Peter Jackson and John Travolta.
Follow along below, as all the winners at Cannes 2026 are revealed. For more on Cannes 2026, see Vanity Fair‘s gallery of red carpet fashion, our live blog from the Croisette, and our complete Cannes 2026 archive.
Palme d’Or
Grand Prix
Jury Prize
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best Actress
Best Actor
Special Prize
Camera d’Or for Best First Film
Palme d’Or for Best Short Film
Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Film
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize
Elephants in the Fog, Abinash Bikram Shah (first film)
Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
Iron Boy, Louis Clichy
Un Certain Regard Best Actor
Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, Congo Boy, dir. Rafiki Fariala
Un Certain Regard Best Actress
Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno, dir. Valentina Maurel
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize
Elephants in the Fog, Abinash Bikram Shah (first film)
Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
Iron Boy, Louis Clichy
Un Certain Regard Best Actor
Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, Congo Boy, dir. Rafiki Fariala
Un Certain Regard Best Actress
Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas, Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno, dir. Valentina Maurel
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