Cannes Awards Palme d’Or to Fjord, Giving Neon a 7th Straight Win

24 articles · Updated · Deadline · May 23

Cristian Mungiu’s English-language drama “Fjord” took the 79th Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, delivering the Romanian director a second Palme d’Or.
Andrei Zviaguintsev’s “Minotaur” won the Grand Prix as six of the seven major competition prizes went to films that premiered in the festival’s final five days.
Other main awards went to “The Dreamed Adventure” for the Jury Prize, “A Man of His Time” for screenplay, and shared acting and directing honors including “Fatherland” and “La Bola Negra.”
The results left high-profile U.S. contenders empty-handed, notably James Gray’s “Paper Tiger,” despite strong pre-awards buzz and expected fall awards campaigns.
Neon extended its Cannes dominance to 7 straight Palme d’Or winners with “Fjord,” while the festival again positioned several winners as likely international-film and Oscar-season contenders.

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