Cannes: Palme d'Or goes to Bong Joon-ho's Parasite
that it had taken until 2019 for a film by a woman of African descent to even be screened at the festival.Mati Diop delivering a speech after she was awarded the Grand Prix for her film Atlantique
Emily Beecham - a dual British-American national - won the best actress award for her appearance in Little Joe, a psychological sci-fi about a woman whose scent induces euphoria. Meanwhile, best actor went to Antonio Banderas for his role in Pain and Glory, the story of a film director who is facing middle age and a creative crisis.
Best screenplay went to Céline Sciamma for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, a period romance about a relationship between a young painter and her subject.French brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne took home the award for best directors for their film Young Ahmed, which is about a boy who is radicalised into stabbing his teacher.
Brazilian film Bacurau, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles won the Jury Prize. The story follows a filmmaker who travels to a remote village and discovers its dark secrets.
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