WINNERS OF THE 2022 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

The 2022 Cannes Film Festival has ended and they have given out some prizes. The Swedish filmmaker, Ruben Östlund received his second Palme d'Or for his new feature film, "Triangle Of Sadness". This English-language dark satire follows two young models (Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean) who are invited on a luxury cruise for the ultra-wealthy in exchange for access to their social media followers. Östlund, who previously won the Palme for his 2017 feature, "The Square", targets the rich in a playfully comic yet stinging way. "Decision to Leave", the latest from Park Chan-wook, about a detective who falls for the widow of a murder victim after she becomes the prime suspect in his investigation won the South Korean filmmaker the Best Director award.

The other two top prizes both had ties as the winners. Clare Denis, with only her second time in the Main Competition since her debut film, "Chocolat" in 1988, won the Grand Prize (which is the runner-up award) for "Stars At Noon", a romantic thriller with Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn that is the French director's second film in English. Lukas Dhont, the Belgian filmmaker who had won the Caméra d'Or for his debut, "Girl" in 2018, also won the Grand Prize for his follow-up feature film, "Close" about two teenage boys whose close friendship is suddenly threatened by the prospect of adolescence.

The Jury Prize went to "EO", a drama from Jerzy Skolimowski that follows the life of a donkey in a Polish circus (inspired by Robert Bresson's 1966 film, "Au Hasard Balthazar") and features French acting legend, Isabelle Huppert and "The Eight Mountains" from Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch that explores the friendship between two children in a remote Alpine village who reconnect later as adults. And the Belgian directing brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne received a special prize to celebrate the 75th edition of Cannes for their latest drama, "Tori and Lokita"

Palme d'Or: "Triangle Of Sadness"
Grand Prix (Grand Prize) (Tie): "Stars At Noon" and "Close"
Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) (Tie): "EO" and "Le otto montagne (The Eight Mountains)"
Best Director: Park Chan-wook, "헤어질 결심 (Decision To Leave)"
Best Screenplay: Tarik Saleh, "Boy From Heaven"
Best Actress: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, "Holy Spider"



Best Actor: Song Kang-ho, "브로커 (Broker)"
Best Documentary: "All That Breathes"
Special Jury Prize: "Mariupolis 2"
Camera d’Or: "War Pony"
Camera d’Or (Special Mention): "Plan 75"



Short Film Palme d'Or: "The Water Murmurs"
Special 75th Anniversary Prize: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, "Tori And Lokita"