Main competition awards unveiled at Cannes
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| Canadian director Xavier Dolan (R) poses as he arrives at the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 22, 2016. [Photo / Xinhua] |
Canadian director Xavier Dolan won the Grand Prize of the Festival for the star-studded drama "It's Only the end of the world."
The story centers on a young man who returns home to tell his family he's dying.
This is Dolan's fifth film at Cannes, and the freakishly successful-27-year old describes the winning film as his best production.
"I'm very happy to be here with people that I love and with whom we made a film that I'm very proud of, and that, for me, is my best film yet. One should always think like that because how else can you progress and move forward if you don't believe in the things you love, in which you invest your time and your love."
The jury prize was given to Andrea Arnold for "American Honey," which features a teen runaway who takes up with a traveling magazine sales crew.
Two filmmakers were given the honor of best director: Cristian Mungiu for "Graduation" and Olivier Assayas for "Personal Shopper."
Jaclyn Jose, the star of Filipino auteur Brillante Mendoza's "Ma' Rosa," took home best actress honors.
The best actor prize was awarded to Shahab Hosseini, the star of Asghar Farhadi's "The Salesman." He previously starred in "A Separation," also directed by Farhadi.
Farhadi's "The Salesman" also won the award for best screenplay.
The Camera d'Or, which honors the best first feature film, was awarded to "Divines," a movie by Houda Benyamina.
"Timecode," directed by Juanjo Gimenez, won the short film award, while "The Girl Who Danced With the Devil," helmed by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria, received a special distinction.
The honorary Palme d'Or was given to Jean-Pierre Leaud, the French actor who starred in Francois Truffaut's series of films that began with 1959's "The 400 Blows."
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