Palme d’Or Winners Cannes Film Festival 2017 by Jennifer Niejadlik

The Jury of the 70th Festival de Cannes, presided by Pedro Almodóvar, revealed the names of the 2017 prize-winners during the Awards Ceremony Sunday, May 28th, 2017. Monica Bellucci welcomed the prize-givers and winners onto the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière. The President of the Jury and the French actress Juliette Binoche, had the honor of awarding the Palme d’or to the best of the nineteen films in Competition. And the winners are:

THE SQUARE by Ruben ÖSTLUND, Palme d’or, was screened at the end of the Awards Ceremony to close this 70th edition of the Festival.

FEATURE FILMS

PALME D’OR
THE SQUARE by Ruben ÖSTLUND

Winner of the Palme d’or Cannes Film Festival 2017 “The Square” by Director Ruben Ostlund

70th Anniversary Award

Nicole KIDMAN

GRAND PRIX
120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE (BPM – Beats Per Minute)
by Robin CAMPILLO

BEST DIRECTOR
Sofia COPPOLA for THE BEGUILED

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Joaquin PHOENIX in YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE by Lynne RAMSAY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Diane KRUGER in AUS DEM NICHTS (In The Fade) by Fatih AKIN

JURY PRIZE
NELYUBOV (Loveless) by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

BEST SCREENPLAY EX-ÆQUO
Yorgos LANTHIMOS and Efthimis FILIPPOU
for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
Lynne RAMSAY
for YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Actress/Producer/ Writer Jennifer Niejadlik on the Red Carpet for TWIN PEAKS Directed by David Lynch Starring actor Kyle MacLachan