The closing ceremony of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival is taking place today (May 23) at 20.15 CEST (19.15 BST) at the Grand Theatre Lumiere. This story will update with the winners as they happen. Click below or scroll down for the latest updates.
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The ceremony will be hosted by French actress Eye Haidara, who also hosted the opening ceremony on May 12.
The nine-person jury is headed by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, alongside directors Chloe Zhao, Laura Wandel and Diego Cespedes, screenwriter Paul Laverty, and actors Demi Moore, Isaach de Bankole, Stellan Skarsgard and Ruth Negga.
The jury will award prizes including the Palme d’Or for best film, the Grand Prix, Jury Prize, and awards for best director, actress, actor and screenplay.
Barbra Streisand will not be present to receive her honorary Palme d’Or, having cancelled her in-person festival appearance last week due her recovery from a knee injury. Peter Jackson and John Travolta also received honorary Palme d’Ors earlier in the festival.
While this year’s festival has avoided the closing day power cut of last year or the political strife that afflicted the 2026 Berlinale, a key topic of discussion has been the threat of Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada not to work with any signatory of a letter criticising the control French billionaire Vincent Bollore has over the company.
Prizes have already been distributed in other festival sections, with Sandra Wollner’s Everytime winning the Un Certain Regard prize, Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva taking the Grand Prize in Critics’ Week, and Clio Barnard’s UK feature I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning winning the Audience Award in Directors’ Fortnight.
Last year’s Palme d’Or went to Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident, with the film going on to two Oscar nominations.
Cannes 2026 awards
Competition
Palme d’Or
Grand Prix
Jury Prize
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Screenplay
Camera d’Or for best first feature film
Camera d’Or
Special mention
Short Films Competition
Short Film Palme d’Or
Special Mention
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