The only Asian actor to be named at Cannes.

Many categories at Cannes 2026, such as Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress, will have two winners. Japanese actor Tao Okamoto will be the only Asian star to be named at an awards ceremony dominated by European nations.

Fjord, a film about a Romanian family of five who immigrated to Norway and became the subject of investigation, separated, and monitored by the local justice system, won the prestigious Palme d'Or this year. The film's script is based on a true story of a Romanian family and stars Hollywood actor Sebastian Stan. The awards ceremony took place on the evening of May 23rd in Cannes, France.

This is director Mungiu's second Palme d'Or since his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which earned him the top prize at Cannes in 2007.

The film "Fjord" won the Palme d'Or.

The Grand Prize went to exiled Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev, who currently lives in France. Minotaur is his first film in nine years.

This year, European filmmakers dominated at Cannes. The "Best Director" award was shared equally between Spanish director Javier Calva and Polish director Javier Ambrossi for the film The Black Ball , and Pawel Pawlikowski for the film Fatherland.

The Best Actress award went to French actress Virginie Efira and Japanese actor Tao Okamoto, born in 1985. She is one of the few Asian artists to be nominated this year. Meanwhile, two young Belgian actors, Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia, shared the Best Actor award for their roles in the film Coward.

Japanese actor Tao Okamoto. Photo: FDC

With two winners in each of the three major categories, this year's Cannes Film Festival, under the direction of Jury President Park Chan-wook, is considered "unusual".

German director Valeska Grisebach received the Jury Prize for his crime documentary The Dreamed Adventure. Frenchman Emmanuel Marre was awarded Best Screenplay for A Man of His Time.

This year, only two American films competed at Cannes: Paper Tiger and The Man I Love , but both went home empty-handed.

List of award-winning films

Golden Palm Branch: “Fjord” - Cristian Mungiu

Grand Prize: “Minotaur” - Andrey Zvyagintsev

Jury Prize: “The Dreamed Adventure” - Valeska Grisebach

Best Director: Javier Calva and Javier Ambrossi - for “The Black Ball”; Pawel Pawlikowski - for “Fatherland”

Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, “All of a Sudden”

Best Actor: Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia, “Coward”

Best Screenplay: Emmanuel Marre, “A Man of His Time”

Golden camera: “Ben'Imana” - Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo

Palme d'Or for short film: "For the Opponents" - Federico Luis
Honorary Golden Palm Award: Peter Jackson, Barbra Streisand, John Travolta

The revealing dress worn by the 53-year-old model left the audience breathless . FRANCE - German model Heidi Klum left the audience breathless when she wore a dress that accentuated her cleavage at a charity gala during the Cannes Film Festival on May 21st.

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