Overview
- Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky won the Golden Star after opening Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and screening in London, Zurich and Lugano.
- A jury led by Bong Joon-ho — with members including Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor-Joy, Julia Ducournau and Celine Song — split the Jury Prize between My Father and Qaddafi and Memory.
- Oscar Hudson won best directing for Straight Circle, and actors Luke and Elliott Tittensor received a special mention for the film.
- Sope Dirisu and Debora Lobe Naney took the top acting awards, with Naney’s best actress honor decided unanimously.
- Attendance reached more than 45,000 thanks to youth-focused outreach, as the Umm Kulthum biopic El Set set a festival record with a lengthy standing ovation.