Complete List of 2025 Cannes Winners; 'It Was Just an Accident' Awarded Palme d'Or

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Cannes Film Festival 2025 officially concluded on Saturday night, May 24, 2025, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in France. After running for twelve days, from May 13, the 78th edition of the festival determined the film It Was Just an Accident directed by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, as the winner of the highest honor, the Palme d'Or.

Highest Award for It Was Just an Accident

The film portrays the story of a workshop owner who is confronted by a man whom he believes to be his former torturer. Set in Tehran and themed around trauma and revenge, Jafar Panahi directed this film secretly amidst the ban on his artistic work by the Iranian government.

According to Entertainment Weekly report, this marks Panahi's first major victory after more than two decades of absence from Cannes due to the travel ban imposed by the Iranian government, which was lifted in 2023. "What's most important now is our country and the freedom of our country. Let's join forces. No-one should dare tell us what kind of clothes we should wear, what we should do, or what we should not do," said Panahi in his acceptance speech.

Grand Prix for Joachim Trier

The Grand Prix, the second-most prestigious award, was bagged by Sentimental Value, a family drama film directed by Norwegian-born Danish director, Joachim Trier. The film starred Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgard, and Renate Reinsve, who previously appeared in the film Trier's The Worst Person in the World (2022).

Subsequently, this year's Jury Prize was awarded to two films, Sirat, a travel film by filmmaker Oliver Laxe from Galicia, and Sound of Falling, an experimental film by German director Mascha Schilinski. Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne once again made it to the list of Cannes winners. They received the Best Screenplay Award for the film Young Mothers.

Since 1999, they have received various awards at Cannes, including two Palme d'Or for Rosetta and The Child, Grand Prix for The Kid With a Bike, and special recognition for Tori and Lokita. As reported by Variety, the closing night was briefly disrupted by a regional power outage, which caused interruptions to the film screenings. However, with backup generators, the event carried on at the Palais.

Complete List of Winners

The complete list of winners is as follows, as reported on the official page of the Cannes Film Festival.

FEATURE FILMS

• Palme d'Or: Un Simple Accident (It Was a Simple Accident), Jafar Panahi
• Grand Prix: Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier
• Jury Prize: Sirat, Oliver Laxe; Sound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski
• Best Director: Kleber Mendonca Filho, O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent)
• Best Screenplay: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, Jeunes Meres (Young Mothers)
• Best Actress: Nadia Melliti, La Petite Derniere (The Little Sister), Hafsia Herzi
• Best Actor: Wagner Moura, O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonca Filho
• Special Award: Kuang Ye Shi Dai (Resurrection), Bi Gan

UN CERTAIN REGARD

• Un Certain Regard Prize: La Misteriosa Mirada Del Flamenco (The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo), Diego Cespedes, 1st Film
• Jury Prize: Un Poeta (A Poet), Simon Mesa Soto
• Best Directing: Arab & Tarzan Nasser, Once Upon a Time in Gaza
• Best Actor: Frank Dillane in Urchin by Harris Dickinson
• Best Actress: Cleo Diara in O Riso E A Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) by Pedro Pinho
• Best Screenplay: Pillion, Harry Lighton, 1st Film

CRITICS' WEEK

• Grand Prize: A Useful Ghost, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
• French Touch Prize: Imago, Deni Oumar Pitsaev
• GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: Le Pacte, Left-Handed Girl
• Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Theodore Pellerin, Nino
• Leitz Cine Discovery Prize (short film): L'mina, Randa Maroufi
• Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: Guillermo Galoe and Victor Alonso-Berbel, Sleepless City
• Canal+ Short Film Award: Erogenesis, Xandra Popescu

IMMERSIVE COMPETITION

• Best Immersive Work Award: From Dust, Michel van der Aa

DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT

• Europa Cinemas Label: Wild Foxes, Valéry Carnoy
• Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: Wild Foxes, Valéry Carnoy
• Audience Choice Award: The President's Cake, Hasan Hadi

SHORT FILMS

• Palme D'or: I'm Glad You're Dead Now, Tawfeek Barhom
• Special Mention: Ali, Adnan Al Rajeev

CAMERA D'OR

• Camera D'or Prize: The President's Cake, Hasan Hadi, Directors' Fortnight
• Special Mention: My Father's Shadow, Akinola Davies Jr, Un Certain Regard

LA CINEF

• First Prize: First Summer, Heo Gayoung Kafa, South Korea
• Second Prize: 12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony, Qu Zhizheng, Beijing Film Academy, China|
• Joint Third Prize: Ginger Boy, Miki Tanaka, Enbu Seminar, Japan; Winter in March, Natalia Mirzoyan, Estonian Academy Of Arts, Estonia

OTHER PRIZES

• Golden Eye Documentary Prize: Imago, Deni Oumar Pitsaev
• Golden Eye Special Jury Prize: The Six Billion Dollar Man, Eugene Jarecki
• Queer Palm: Little Sister, Hafsia Heerzi
• Palme Dog: Panda, The Love That Remains
• FIPRESCI Award (Competition): The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonca Filho
• FIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard): Urchin, Harris Dickinson
• FIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections): Dandelion's Odyssey, Momoko Seto

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