Cannes International Film Festival 2013 award winners

The 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival wrapped up Sunday and award winners were announced at the closing ceremony, hosted by Audrey Tautou. The festival jury members honored a range of talent, young and old, from around the world including France, U.S.A., Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, South Korea, and China. Many of the celebrated movies, like the Palme d’Or winning Blue Is the Warmest Color, Best Director winner Amat Escalante’s Heli, and Jury Prize winning film Like Father, Like Son, stirred up conversation and controversy with their sexually-explicit, violent, and heartbreaking moments. North American audiences won’t recognize most of the names attached to these films but they’ll likely be exposed to them again when awards season starts to ramp up later this year. Without further ado, here is the list of official winners from Cannes 2013. ~ Cassie Jasinski

In Competition (movies competing for the Palme d’Or):

Palme d’Or: Blue is the Warmest Colour, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche (France, Belgium, Spain)

Grand Prix Prize: Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Ethan and Joel Coen (U.S.A.)

Jury Prize: Like Father, Like Son, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)

Best Director: Amat Escalante, Heli (Mexico)

Best Screenplay: Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin (China)

Best Actress: Bérénice Bejo, The Past (France)

Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska (U.S.A.)

Camera d’Or (Award for Best First Feature Film): Ilo Ilo, directed by Anthony Chen (Singapore)

Short Film Palme d’Or: Safe, directed by Moon Byoung-gon (South Korea)

Un Certain Regard (section of Cannes for original and different works):

Prix Un Certain Regard: The Missing Picture, directed by Rithy Panh (Cambodia-France)

Jury Prize: Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine)

Director: Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By the Lake (France)

A Certain Talent Prize: ensemble cast of The Golden Cage, directed by Diego Quemada-Diez (Mexico-Spain)

Avenir (Future) Prize: Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler (U.S.A.)