Cannes 2006 winners

Although many people are saying that overall this was a rather tepid edition, the top winners are quite strong. Giving the best actor and actress awards to collective casts is also an interesting notion.

The Awards

Palme d´Or
The Wind That Shakes The Barley by Ken Loach

Grand Prize
Flanders by Bruno Dumont

Best Actress
The cast of Volver

Best Actor
The cast of Indigènes

Best Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu – Babel

Best Screenplay
Volver – Pedro Almodóvar

Jury Prize
Red Road by Andrea Arnold

Caméra d´Or
12:08 East Bucharest by Corneliu Porumboiu

Palme d´Or for the Best Short Film
Sniffe by Bobbie Peers

For the full round up, see Cineuropa.

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