70th Cannes Film Festival Winners List: The 2017 Cannes Film Festival hosted a number of artists from all over the world for a 10 day Festival. The invite only, Festival had the best weather and the best ending. The 70th Film Festival kept up to its name with the amazing decor and ambiance.
The winners for the 70th Cannes Film Festival:
Best First Feature – Montparnasse-Bienvenüe, it is a 2017 French Drama Film starring Laetitia Dosch and directed by Léonor Sérraille.
Best Short Film – A Gentle Night directed by Qiu Yang.
Best Screenplay – The Killing of a Sacred Deer, a psychological thriller horror directed by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Collin Farell and Nicole Kidman. You Were Never Really Here, a British, American and French thriller film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, starring Joaquin Phoenix.
You Were Never Really Here
Jury Pize – Loveless, a Russian drama directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev.
Best Actress – Diane Kruger, In the Fade.
Diane Kruger at Cannes 2017
Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix, You were Never Really Here.
Best Director – Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled.
Grand Prix – 120 Beats per Minute, a French drama film directed by Robin Campillo.
70th Anniversary Prize – Nicole Kidman
The Greatest Honor at Cannes, Palme d’Or – The Square, 2017 Swedish satirical drama directed by Ruben Östlund and starring Claes Bang and Elisabeth Moss.