Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagneshare, stars of Lukas Dhont’s World War One drama Coward, have jointly won the Best Actor Award at the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
There award was followed by the Best Screenplay award for
In the first feature film prize of the night at the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Films Festival, Rwandan director Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo scooped the Caméra d’Or for best first film for Ben’Imana.
The film, which is the first Rwandan film to screen at the festival, explores the complexities of justice and reconciliation in Rwanda close to 20 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, through the experiences of a survivor. Read Deadline’s interview with Dusabejambo here
Mexican director Federico Luis received the first prize of the evening as the winner of the Short Film Palme d’Or For The Opponents. It follows a young boy growing up in a tough neighborhood with dreams of becoming a boxing champion.
WINNERS LIST
Best Screenplay
Emmanuel Marre for A Man Of His Time (Notre Salut)
Best Actor
Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagneshare for Coward
Camera d’Or
Ben’Imana, dir. Clémentine Dusabejambo
Short Film Palme d’Or
For The Opponents, dir. Federico Luis.
Earlier at 11.30 pt. Guests have started arriving on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the tonight’s award ceremony which kicks off at 8.15pm local time (11.15am PT).
As we wait to hear who has been feted by Park Chan-Wook’s jury, rumors have been swirling since earlier today that delegations linked Minotaur, Fjord, The Dreamed Adventure, Fatherland, La Bola Negra and La Gradiva have been called back to Cannes.
Ahead of the ceremony, Deadline critic Pete Hammond and Damon Wise are coalescing around Spanish breakout La Bola Negra, Fjord, Fatherland and Minotaur. Checkout their predictions here
In further clues of who’s in the running, early arrivals on the red carpet to the usual mix of 1980s and 90s pop hits included German director Valeska Grisebach whose Bulgaria-set drama The Dreamed Adventure, was the one of the last film’s to screen on Friday; La Bola Negra directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and cast member Penelope Cruz. as well as Fatherland director Paweł Pawlikowski.
The awards due to be handed out tonight are Palme d’Or, the Grand Prix, the Jury Prize, the Best Director, the Best Screenplay, the Best Performance by an Actress, and the Best Performance by an Actor.
They will be presented by Geena Davis, Xavier Dolan, Pierfrancesco Favino, Gael García Bernal, Nadine Labaki, and Zoe Saldaña, with actress Tilda Swinton down to present the Palme d’Or.
22 films are in the running for the Palme d’Or.
The full compeitition lineup is Bitter Christmas by Pedro Almodóvar, A Woman’s Life by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, La Bola Negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, Coward by Lukas Dhont, Parallel Tales by Asghar Farhadi, Paper Tiger by James Gray, Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach, All of a Sudden by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, The Unknown by Arthur Harari, Another Day by Jeanne Herry, Sheep In The Box by Koreeda Hirokazu, Hope by Na Hong-jin, Nagi Notes by Fukada Koji, Gentle Monster by Marie Kreutzer, A Man Of His Time by Emmanuel Marre, Fjord by Cristian Mungiu, The Birthday Party by Léa Mysius, Moulin by László Nemes, Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski, The Man I Love by Ira Sachs, The Beloved by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Minotaur by Andreï Zviaguintsev.
Jury president Park Chan-Wook has been accompanied in the choices by Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, Ruth Negga and Isaach De Bankolé, Chloé Zhao, Diego Céspedes, Laura Wandel and Paul Laverty
During the ceremony, an Honorary Palme d’or will be awarded to Barbra Streisand. As previously announced she will not be able to attend Cannes. At the request of Streisand, Isabelle Huppert will present this Honorary Palme d’Or and say a few words in tribute to her career.
Deadline will be following the ceremony check in here and on our site for live updates and other news.
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