…and the Palme d’Or goes to…
May 26, 2008 – 11:14 pm… Entre les Murs by Laurent Cantet (French). Congratulations! (Palme d’Or is the prize for the best film in The Cannes Film Festival).

Finally the 61st Cannes Film Festival announced the results. Palme d’Or is the primary award of this festival, besides some other awards such as:* Grand Prix - Matteo Garrone (Italy) for Gomorra
* Prix de la mise en scène - Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey) for Üç Maymun
* Prix du Jury - Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) for Il Divo
* Prix du scénario - Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne for Le Silence de Lorna (Belgium)
* Prix d’interprétation féminine du Festival de Cannes - Sandra Corveloni (Brazil) in Linha de Passe directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
* Prix d’interprétation masculine du Festival de Cannes - Benicio del Toro in Che directed by Steven Soderbergh (US)
* Prix du 61ème anniversaire - ex aequo, Catherine Deneuve for Un conte de Noël (France), and Clint Eastwood for Changeling
* Camera d’Or - Steve McQueen for Hunger.
If you still feel strange with the terms, read the Cannes Film Festival first ![]()
Tags: The 61st Cannes Film Festival, The Winners of 2008 Cannes Film Festival