Cannes Film Festival 2023 New Winners List

The Cannes Film Festival 2023 has ended, with the year 76 annual competition awarding the prestigious Palme d’Or to Justine Triet’s riveting crime drama Anatomy of a Fall. 

Triet’s riveting tale stars Sandra Hüller as a woman who is suspected of her husband’s murder while her blind son, who was on the property, is left with the daunting task of piecing some of the mystery together on what happened as well as being pushed in the middle of bringing truth to what happened to his parents that night.

Stéphanie di Giusto’s ‘Rosalie,’ (Un Certain Regard at Cannes) starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz was an immense + powerful story on love + humanity. The film received an incredible standing ovation. #Rosalie #CannesFilmFestival #CannesFilm #CannesFilmFestival2023 pic.twitter.com/rpBQMxFRlg

— Nikki Fowler (@NikkiFowler28) May 18, 2023

Ruben Östund, the Swedish filmmaker who took home the prize for his satire Triangle of Sadness, led the jury as president alongside Paul Dano, Atiq Rahimi, Damian Szifron, Brie Larson, Julia Ducournau, Maryam Touzani, Denis Menochet, and Rungano Nyoni.

British director Jonathan Glazer won the Grand Prix for The Zone of Interest, a paralyzing holocaust drama based on the novel written by the late Martin Amis. The film centers on a Nazi general and his family through idealistic and seemingly conservative settings until the true horror is revealed; they are living amongst the smoke-filled concentration camps where only meters away, bodies are murdered, gassed, and burned while their children play in gardens with smoke-filled backdrops.

Molly Manning Walker picked up the Un Certain Regard award for How to Have Sex. Koji Yakusho won for his role in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days, following a man who cleans toilets throughout Tokyo and what his meticulous and repetitive life says about humanity and how we engage with one another, while Merve Dizdar won the prize for best actress for her performance in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses.

My question on female representation at the live press conference for the opening ceremony of @festivaldecannes with a response from Ruben Östlund, President of the Jury which includes Maryam Touzani, Denis Ménochet, Rungano Nyoni, Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Atiq Rahimi,… pic.twitter.com/7CsIZchZUS

— Nikki Fowler (@NikkiFowler28) May 17, 2023

See below for a full list of winners from the Cannes Film Festival.

Opening press conference. Ruben Östlund, President of the Jury. Maryam Touzani, Denis Ménochet, Rungano Nyoni, Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian. Damián Szifron + Julia Ducournau. #CannesFilmFestival pic.twitter.com/41aCiNkrmD

— Nikki Fowler (@NikkiFowler28) May 16, 2023

A full list of winners follows.

Palme d’Or

Anatomy of a Fall, dir. Justine Triet

Grand Prix

The Zone of Interest, dir. Jonathan Glazer

Jury Prize

Fallen Leaves, dir. Aki Kaurismäki

Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel are incredible in Tràn Anh Hùng’s ‘The Pot au Feu,’ a passionate and exquisite love story between man, woman and the culinary arts. The cinematography will leave you breathless as you soar in and out of merengue, lamb and poached pears with a… pic.twitter.com/Q7MQ5dqM6E

— Nikki Fowler (@NikkiFowler28) May 24, 2023

Best Director

Tran Anh Hùng for The Pot-Au-Feu

Best Screenplay

Yuji Sakamoto for Monster

Best Actress

Merve Dizdar for About Dry Grasses

Best Actor

Koji Yakusho for Perfect Days

Honorary Palme d’Or

Michael Douglas

Camera d’Or for Best First Film

The Yellow Cocoon Shell, dir. Thien An Pham

Palme d’Or for Best Short Film

27, dir. Flóra Anna Buda.