French productions picked up the Jury Prize and Caméra d'Or, as well as sharing in the festival's top award, the Palme d'Or, through a co-production with Memento Films Production. And the French awards list does not end there...
With a huge swathe of titles showcased at Cannes this year in the four major festival sections (13 feature films and 18 co-productions), French cinema won awards in all sections.
Here is the complete awards list, including all co-productions:
Official Competition
Palme d'Or: Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (minority co-production: Memento Production)
Jury Prize (ex aequo): Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard (100% French production)
Caméra d'Or: Party Girl by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, & Samuel Theis (100% French production) (photo)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg (co-production: SBS Productions)
Best Actor: Timothy Spall for Mr. Turner by Mike Leigh (minority co-production: Diaphana)
Short Film Special Distinction: Aïssa by Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
Un Certain Regard
Jury Prize: Turist by Ruben Östlund (minority co-production: Coproduction Office)
Ensemble Prize: Party Girl by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, & Samuel Theis (100% French production)
Directors' Fortnight
Label Europa Cinema, Prix SACD, Art Cinema Award: Love at First Fight by Thomas Cailley (100% French production)
Critics' Week
SACD Prize: Hope by Boris Lojkine (100% French production)
Fipresci International Press Prize
Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan in the Official Competition (minority co-production: Memento Production)
Land of Plenty by Lisandro Alonso in Un Certain Regard (minority co-production: Les films du Worso)
Love at First Fight by Thomas Cailley in the parallel sections
Ecumenical Jury Prize
Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako (minority co-production: Les films du Worso)
