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Cannes Film Festival 2025 Winners List: Jafar Panahi's It Was Just An Accident Wins Palme d’Or, Sentimental Value Takes Grand Prix, More
This year’s Cannes Film Festival came to a grand end on May 24, with the winners being announced after an eventful day. Read below.
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival was another revered affair, and with tough competition lining up for the top prizes, the jury had their job cut out for them. On May 24, the winners were announced, and it was Jafar Panahi who was awarded the coveted Palme d’Or for It Was Just An Accident. The Secret Agent became the only one to take 2 wins during the night, one for director Kleber Mendonça Filho and the other for actor Wagner Moura. The second-most desired award of the night, the Grand Prize, went to Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, with lead actress Elle Fanning cheering as a witness.
Check out the full list of 2025 Cannes Film Festival winners below, in the order of being announced from first to last, as per a Deadline report.
Short Film Palme d’Or
I’m Glad You’re Dead Now, directed by Tawfeek Barhom
Special Mention, Camera d’Or
My Father’s Shadow, directed by Akinola Davies Jr
Camera d’Or
The President’s Cake, directed by Hassan Hadi
Special Prize
Resurrection, directed by Bi Gan
Best Actor
Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent
Best Screenplay
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Young Mothers
Jury Prize—tied
Sirat, directed by Oliver Laxe
The Sound of Falling, directed by Mascha Schilinski
Best Director
Kleber Mendonça Filho for The Secret Agent
Best Actress
Nadia Melliti for La Petite Dernière
Grand Prize
Sentimental Value, directed by Joachim Trier
Palme d’Or
It Was Just an Accident, directed by Jafar Panahi
It remains to be seen how the Cannes Film Festival 2025 winners affect the picks of the Academy for the Oscars night, as the chatter grows about its growing direct impact over the past years. Meanwhile, the much-awaited and arguably the most famed film festival of the year has come to a close with everything from a last-minute rule announcement to a city-wide power cut on the closing ceremony day. But the drama preceded it all, as the Croisette was once again lit by stars from around the world, vying for their life-changing moment.
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