DHAKA: The Sri Lankan refugee drama won Cannes top honor, the Palme d’Or and Hou Hsiao-Hsien of ‘The Assassin’ was named the best director for this year.


Full list of Cannes awards is given below:

Palme d’Or
‘Dheepan’, directed by Jacques Audiard

Grand Prix
‘Son of Saul’, directed by Laszlo Nemes

Jury prize
‘The Lobster’, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Best director
Hou Hsiao-Hsien of ‘The Assassin’

Best screenplay
‘Chronic’, directed by Michel Franco

Camera d’Or (best first feature)
‘La Tierra y la Sombra’ (Land and Shade), directed by Cesar Augusto Acevedo

Best actor
Vincent Lindon of ‘The Measure of a Man’

Best actress: (joint)
Rooney Mara of ‘Carol’ and Emmanuelle Bercot of ‘Mon Roi’

Best short film
‘Waves 98’, directed by Ely Dagher

Source: mirror.co.uk

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