Inside Cannes 2012: Complete List of Award Winners (in Pictures)

Much like how we relate to previous Oscar winners of years past, it shouldn’t take more than three to five years before we start to pondering the following list of winners below and why did Holy Motors go home empty? Here is the complete list of winners in all sections:

Main Comp
Palme d’Or – Amour, directed by Michael Haneke

Grand Prix – Reality, directed by Matteo Garrone

Best Director – Carlos Reygadas, Post Tenebras Lux

Best Screenplay – Cristian Mingiu, Beyond the Hills

Best Actress – Cristina Flutur & Cosmina Stratan, Beyond the Hills

Best Actor – Mads Mikkelsen, The Hunt

Jury Prize – The Angels’ Share, directed by Ken Loach

Palme d’Or (Short Film) – Silent, directed by L.Razan Yesilbas

Un Certain Regard
Prize of Un Certain Regard – After Lucía, directed by Michael Franco
Special Jury Prize – The Big Night, directed by Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern
Special Distinction – Children of Sarajevo, directed by Aida Begić
Best Actress – Émilie Dequenne, Loving Without Reason & Suzanne Clément, Laurence Anyways

Camera d’Or
Best First Film – Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin

Cinéfondation
1st Prize – The Road To, directed by Taisia Igumentseva
2nd Prize – Abigail, directed by Matthew James Reilly
3rd Prize – The Hosts, directed by Miguel Angel Moulet

Directors’ Fortnight
Art Cinema Award – No, directed by Pablo Larraín
Label Europa Cinemas – El taaib, directed by Merzak Allouache
Prix SACD 2012 – Camille Rewinds, directed by Noémie Lvovsky

Semaine de la Critique
Feature Films
Nespresso Grand Prize – Aquí y allá, directed by Antonio Mendez Esparza
France 4 Visionary Award – Sofia’s Last Ambulance, directed by Ilian Metev
Prix SACD – God’s Neighbors, directed by Meni Yaesh
ACID/CCAS Distribution Support – The Wild Ones, directed by Alejandro Fadel

Short Films
Canal+ Award – Circle Line, directed by Shin Suwon
Discovery Award – A Sunday Morning, directed by Damien Manivel
Discovery Award, Special Mention – Doppelgänger, directed by Juliana Rojas

FIPRESCI
In Competition FIPRESCI Prize – In the Fog, directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize – Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin
Directors’ Fortnight Prize – Hold Back, directed by Rachid Djaidani

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
The Hunt, directed by Thomas Vinterberg