Cannes Film Festival 2015 Winners

After several weeks of drama on the red carpet, millions being raised for charity and of course film screening after film screening, the 2015 Cannes film Festival has come to an end.

It was however, somewhat of a 'down year' as some critics have described it. As you would expect of such an event, critics were picking on every small detail and no film came out unscathed. However, there were many deserved winners and the film industry's most prestigious prize was awarded for the film 'Dheepan' which follows a trio of Sri Lankans who pretend to be a family in order to flee their war-torn country for a housing project in France.

The winners for this years film festival are as follows:

• Palme d'Or: 'Dheepan' by French director Jacques Audiard
• The Grand Prix: 'Son of Saul' by first time Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes
• Best Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsein for 'The Assasin'
• Best Actor: Vincent Lindon in 'The Measure of a Man'
• Best Actress (this was a tie): Rooney Mara in 'Carol' and Emmanuelle Bercot in 'Mon Roi'
• Best Screenplay: 'Chronic' by Michel Franco
• Jury Prize: Yorgos Lanthimos for his film 'The Lobster'

As we reported earlier the Hororary Palme d'Or was awarded to director Agnes Varda.

Other awards included:

Cinéfondation
First: Share by Pippa Bianco
Second: Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Third: The Return of Erkin by Maria Guskova and Victor XX by Ian Garrido López

Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo

Short Films
Short Film Palme d'Or: Waves '98 by Ely Dagher

Prize Un Certain Regard Awards (Headed up by jury President Isabella Rossellini)
Un Certain Regard Award: Rams by Grímur Hákonarson
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: The High Sun by Dalibor Matanić
Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Journey to the Shore
Prix Un Certain Talent: The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu