WINNERS OF THE 2019 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho took the top prize of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his well-received dark family farce, "Parasite". The director has shown at the fest before, with "Mother", "The Host" and "Okja", and this is his first time taking a major award. Mati Diop, an actress and writer-director in France, returned to her home country of Senegal to make her first feature film, "Atlantiques (Atlantics)" and won the runner-up prize of Grand Prix. This drama tells the story of a young woman in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, whose lover disappears while seeking better opportunities in Europe and Diop made history as the first black female filmmaker to compete in Cannes' main competition.

Antonio Banderas, who has worked with Pedro Almodovar eight times previously, received the Best Actor award for his work in the Spanish director's latest, "Dolor y Gloria (Pain and Glory)". The actor plays a sort-of-alter ego to Almodovar in this film about a long-time director who is in physical and emotional decline. Emily Beecham won Best Actress for her performance in "Little Joe", a British sci-fi drama about a scientist who creates a genetically-engineered flower that causes strange changes in living creatures. And Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Belgian film making brothers who have won many prizes at Cannes (including the Palme d'Or twice for "Rosetta" and "L'Enfant") received the Best Director prize for the first time with "Le Jeune Ahmed (Young Ahmed)". This disturbing yet timely film revolves around a young Belgian boy who plots to murder his teacher in the name of his religion.

Here is the list of winners of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival:

Palme d’Or: "Parasite"



Grand Prix: "Atlantics"
Jury Prize (Tie): "Les Misérables" and "Bacurau"



Special Mention: "It Must Be Heaven"
Best Director: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, "Young Ahmed"
Best Screenplay: Céline Sciamma, "Portrait Of A Lady On Fire"
Best Actress: Emily Beecham, "Little Joe"



Best Actor: Antonio Banderas, "Pain And Glory"
Camera d’Or: "Our Mothers"
Short Film Palme d’Or: "The Distance Between Us And The Sky"
Special Mention: "Monster God"
Fipresci Director's Fortnight-Critic's Week Prize: "The Lighthouse"
Fipresci Un Certain Regard: "Beanpole"
Fipresci Competition Prize: "It Must Be Heaven"