Cannes 2025: Palme d'Or Goes to Mungiu's 'Fjord' Amid Controversy
The 79th Cannes Film Festival concluded with Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' winning the Palme d'Or, making him a two-time laureate (previously for '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' in 2007). The film follows a Romanian-Norwegian couple, Mihai (Sebastian Stan) and Lisbet Gheorghiu (Renate Reinsve), whose five children are placed in foster care after bruises are found on their daughter, sparking a legal battle over religious discrimination. The jury was chaired by Park Chan-wook. In Critics' Week, Marine Atlan's debut 'La Gradiva' won the Grand Prix; the film follows French high school seniors on a class trip to Naples and Pompeii, starring Colas Quignard, Antonia Buresi, Mitia Capellier-Audat, and Suzanne Gerin. Jordan Firstman's 'Club Kid' sold to A24 for $17 million; it stars Firstman as a gay party promoter who discovers he has a 10-year-old son (Reggie Absolom).
Key facts
- Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' won the Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
- Mungiu previously won the Palme d'Or for '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' in 2007.
- The jury was chaired by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook.
- 'Fjord' stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as a couple fighting for custody of their five children in Norway.
- Marine Atlan's debut 'La Gradiva' won the Grand Prix in Critics' Week.
- 'La Gradiva' follows French high school seniors on a trip to Naples and Pompeii.
- Jordan Firstman's 'Club Kid' sold to A24 for $17 million.
- 'Club Kid' stars Firstman as a gay party promoter who discovers he has a 10-year-old son.
Entities
Artists
- Cristian Mungiu
- Sebastian Stan
- Renate Reinsve
- Park Chan-wook
- Marine Atlan
- Colas Quignard
- Antonia Buresi
- Mitia Capellier-Audat
- Suzanne Gerin
- Jordan Firstman
- Reggie Absolom
- Cara Delevingne
- Miss Benny
- Diego Calva
- Laurent Cantet
- Michael Haneke
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Valeska Grisebach
- Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo
- Javier Ambrossi
- Javier Calvo
- Pawel Pawlikowski
- Federico García Lorca
- Alberto Conejero
- Thomas Mann
- Erika Mann
- Emmanuel Macchia
- Valentin Campagne
- Virginie Efira
- Tao Okamoto
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Emmanuel Marre
- Federico Luis
- Demi Moore
- Stellan Skarsgård
- Diego Céspedes
- Isaach de Bankolé
- Paul Laverty
- Ruth Negga
- Laura Wandel
- Chloé Zhao
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Shōhei Imamura
- Bille August
- Emir Kusturica
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Luc Dardenne
- Ken Loach
- Ruben Östlund
- Olivier Assayas
- Xavier Dolan
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Victoria Luengo
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Lukas Dhont
- Swann Arlaud
- Javier Bardem
- Henri Mar
- László Nemes
- Klaus Barbie
- Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
- Judith Godrèche
- Annie Ernaux
- Léa Mysius
- Andrei Zviaguintsev
- Jana Radewa
- Vladimir Putin
- Pedro Almodóvar
- James Gray
- Vincent Bolloré
- Maxime Saada
- Andrei Zvyagintsev
- Sandra Wollner
- Abinash Bikram Shah
- Louis Clichy
- Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset
- Rafiki Fariala
- Marina De Tavira
- Daniela Marín Navarro
- Mariangel Villegas
- Valentina Maurel
- Lucas Acher Nyu
- Nadine Misong Jin
- Julius Lagoutte Larsen
- Roozbeh Gezerseh
- Soraya Shamsi
- Nicolas Rumpl
- Esther Mysius
- Isaach De Bankolé
- Paweł Pawlikowski
- Marina de Tavira
- Léa Seydoux
- Sandra Hüller
- Adam Driver
- Rami Malek
- Na Hong-jin
- Los Javis
Institutions
- Cannes Film Festival
- Critics' Week
- A24
- HBO
- Academy Awards (Oscars)
- FIPRESCI
- Semaine de la Critique
- AFP
- RFI
- Festival de Cannes
- Canal+
- Zapper Bolloré
- Palais des festivals
- Columbia University
- La Fémis
- Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
- CST (Commission Supérieure Technique)
- France 24
Locations
- Cannes
- France
- Naples
- Italy
- Pompeii
- Bucharest
- Romania
- Norway
- New York City
- United States
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Bulgaria
- Turkey
- Rwanda
- Spain
- Poland
- Germany
- Argentina
- South Korea
- Sweden
- Chile
- Ivory Coast
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Ethiopia
- Belgium
- China
- Austria
- Mexico
- Nice
- Lyon
- Japan
- Paris
- Switzerland