List of winners at the Cannes Film Festival 2013

The following is a list of winners at the 66th Cannes festival, the world’s largest cinema showcase, that ended on Sunday. 1. Palme d’Or (Best Film): The Palme d’Or was won by French-Tunisian director Abdellatif  Kechiche for his film, La Vie d’Adele - Chapitre 1&2 (Blue is the Warmest Colour) The film, starring Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux, is a three-hour love story based on a graphic novel by Julie Maroh_, Xinhua_ reported. It is a story about a teenage girl who falls in love with a slightly older woman. the movie about sexual awakening, heartbreak, and self-discovery. [caption id=“attachment_817839” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche poses on May 26, 2013 with his Palme d’Or award flanked by French actresses Lea Seydoux (R) and Adele Exarchopoulos. AFP.[/caption] 2.  Grand Prix (The runner-up award): The grand prix was given to Inside Llewyn Davis directed by the Coen brothers, who were absent from the closing ceremony. The Coen brothers had won the Palme d’Or in 1991. 3. Jury Prize (Third prize): The Jury Prize went to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda for Like Father, Like Son. 4. The Best Director Award: Mexico’s Amat Escalante won the best director prize for his film Heli. 5. Best Actor: Hollywood veteran Bruce Dern took the best actor prize for his performance in Nebraska. 6. Best Actress: Argentine-born Frenchwoman Berenice Bejo was awarded the best actress prize for her role in The Past. 7. Best Screenplay: Jia Zhangke, the 43-year-old Chinese director, scooped the prize for best screenplay for “Tian Zhu Ding” (“A Touch of Sin”), which mirrors the life of the contemporary Chinese society. The awards were decided by a nine-member jury led by US filmmaker Steven Spielberg, joined by Australian actress Nicole Kidman and Oscar-winning director Ang Lee among others, after reviewing 20 films in competition. In 2012, the Palme d’Or was awarded to Amour (Love), a French-language drama film written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke. As one of the world’s most prestigious film events, this year’s Cannes festival opened May 15 with Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s lavish film The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In 12 days, nearly 80 movies were showed at the festival. English-language French-produced crime film Zulu, directed by Jerome Salle, premiered after the closing ceremony. With inputs from wires