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Factbox: Cannes Film Festival award winners

By Reuters
May 23, 2016

Feature film award winners at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday:

 

Palme d'Or (Best Film): "I, Daniel Blake", directed by Ken Loach (Britain)

Grand Prix: "Juste la Fin du Monde" (It's Just the End of the World), directed by Xavier Dolan (Canada)

Jury Prize: "American Honey", directed by Andrea Arnold (Britain)

Best Director: Cristian Mungiu (Romania) for "Bacalaureat" (Graduation) and Olivier Assayas (France) for "Personal Shopper"

Best Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi (Iran) for "Forushande" (The Salesman)

Best Actress: Jaclyn Jose (Philippines) in Brillante Mendoza's "Ma' Rosa"

Best Actor: Shahab Hosseini (Iran) in Asghar Farhadi's "Forushande" (The Salesman)