Under the presidency ofCate Blanchett, the juryincluded filmmakersAva DuVernayand Denis Villeneuve and actorsKristen Stewartand La Seydoux, as well as Chinese actor Chang Chen, French director Robert Gudiguian, Burundian singer Khadja Nin and Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev.
The festivals top award, Palme d'Or, went to Japanese director Hizokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters, which centers around a family secret that jeopardizes the members' ability to stay together.
The grand prize was awarded to Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman', while Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski took best director for Cold War.
Marcello Fonte won the best actor award for Matteo Garrone's Dogman, while Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova won best actress for playing in Sergey Dvortsevoy's 'Ayka' (My Little One).
Iranian director Asghar Farhadis Spanish-language drama 'Everybody Knows' opened Cannes on May 8, but did not receive any awards. Farhadi received 2016 Cannes Best Screenplay Award for 'The Salesman'.
This year, the best screenplay award once again favored an Iranian director Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar for their film 3 Faces. They split the award with Italian writer-director Alice Rohrwacher for 'Happy as Lazzaro'.
Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi won UnCertain Regard Award for Border.
The festival ran from May 8 to May 19.
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