Cannes Film Festival 2026: 'Fjord' wins Palme d'Or; Check full winners list

The 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival has come to an end on May 23.

While the event grabbed eyeballs for its iconic red carpet moments, the essence of the event lies in the fact that it is a film festival.

This year's jury was headed by Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook.

And Fjord, directed by acclaimed Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, emerged as the winner at the festival by claiming the top honour.

Cristian had previously won the top prize at Cannes in 2007 for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and is the tenth director to win the award twice.

The political thriller Minotaur, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, won the Grand Prix second prize.

Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo’s post-genocide drama Ben’Imana won the Camera d’Or, which is an award for best first film.

Ben’Imana was also the first Rwandan film to be selected for the festival.

Check out full list of winners:

Palme d'Or: Fjord, director Cristian Mungiu

Grand Prix: Minotaur, director Andrey Zvyagintsev

Jury Prize: The Dreamed Adventure, director Valeska Grisebach

Best Director: Jointly won by Javier Calvo/Javier Ambrossi for The Black Ball & Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland

Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto for All of a Sudden

Best Actor: Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne for Coward

Best Screenplay: Emmanuel Marre for A Man of His Time

Short Film Palme d’Or: For The Opponents, Federico Luis.