Justine Triet becomes the third woman in history to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival. The judicial drama of the French takes the highest award, following in the wake of Jane Campion and Julia Ducournau.

The area of interest, by the British Jonathan Glazer, which narrates the daily life of a Nazi commander and his family in the Auschwitz camp, has been left with the Grand Jury Prize.Veteran Japanese actor Kōji Yakusho has won best male performance for his portrayal in Wim Wenders' Perfect Dayof a simple man.