The 75th Cannes Film Festival is coming to a close on Saturday afternoon, and after much speculation as to what would take home the top prize, it was a familiar winner striking gold again. For the second time in five years, director Ruben Östlund won the coveted Palme d’Or for his English-language debut film, “Triangle of Sadness.” Östlund first won the prize back in 2017 for “The Square” and beat out eighteen other films to win this year’s top prize. With this win, it will be interesting to see how the film shapes out within award season by the end of the year.
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The Grand Prix was a tie between “Close,” directed by Lukas Dhont, and “The Stars at Noon,” directed by Claire Denis. It wasn’t the only tie on the day, as the Jury Prize went to Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen’s “The Eight Mountains” and Jerzy Skolimowski’s “EO.”
The Best Director award went to Park Chan-wook for “Decision to Leave.” The Best Actor and Actress prize went to Song Kong-ho for Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Broker” and Zar Amir- Ebrahimi for Ali Abbasi’s “Holy Spider.”
The awards were announced by the jury President, actor Vincent Lindon, one of the co-stars of 2021 Palme d’Or winner “Titane.” Alongside Lindon on the jury were directors Asghar Farhadi, Jeff Nichols, Joachim Trier, and actresses Rebecca Hall, Noomi Rapace, and Deepika Padukone. Actress Virginie Efira was the master of ceremonies, and the show was held at Cannes’ Grand Théâtre Lumière.
Here’s a complete list of all the winners: (links to all the reviews in the titles)
Palme d’Or: “Triangle of Sadness,” Director Ruben Östlund
Grand Prix: “Close,” Director Lukas Dhont, & “The Stars at Noon,” Director Claire Denis (TIE)
Jury Prize: “The Eight Mountains,” Directors Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, & “EO,” Director Jerzy Skolimowski (TIE)
Best Director: Park Chan-wook, “Decision to Leave”
Best Actress: Zar Amir- Ebrahimi, “Holy Spider”
Best Actor: Song Kang-ho, “Broker”
Best Screenplay: Tarik Saleh, “Boy From Heaven”
Caméra d’Or: “War Pony,” Director Riley Keough
The Special Mention for a First Film: “Plan 75,” Director Chie Hayakawa.
The Short Film Palme d’Or: “The Water Murmurs,” Director Jianying Story Chen.
The Un Certain Regard selection winners were announced on Friday, May 27, 2022, and are as follows:
Prix Un Certain Regard: “The Worst Ones,” Directors Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
Jury Prize: “Joyland,” Director Saim Sadiq
Best Director: Alexandru Belc, “Metronom”
Best Performance: Vicky Krieps, “Corsage” and Adam Bessa, “Harka”
Best Screenplay: Maha Haj, “Mediterranean Fever”
Coup de Coeur Award: “Rodeo,” Director Lola Quivoron
