Ooh la la, SAGindie is back from another year as a sponsor of The American Pavilion at the 2026 FESTIVAL DE CANNES, held May 12 – 23, in the French Riviera. With AmPav, SAGindie provided educational opportunities to the American film students at the fest, featuring industry roundtables where film professionals shared their career insights and advice.
This year’s SAGindie Roundtable speakers included: Aaron Hillis (Cualorus Film Festival), Danelle Eliav (line producer), Danielle Freiberg (IFC), Harris Tulchin (The Media Lawyer), Jacqueline Lyanga (Berlin International Film Festival), Jason Ishikawa (Cinetic Media), Jeff Sharp and Colin Whitlow (The Gotham Film & Media Institute), Jennifer Levine (Untitled Entertainment), Jerry Ruiz (Penske Media), Julie La’Bassiere (DDA Group), Kate Chamuris (producer/festival strategist), Mary Beth Barone (actor/writer) Nikkole Denson-Randolph (AMC), Rosie Wong and Heidi Zwicker (Sundance Institute), Stephanie Pfingsten (Lumos PR), Susanne Scheel (casting director), and Talitha Watkins (ColorCreative).
Darrien Michele Gipson (Executive Director of SAGindie) was also featured on The Impact Lounge panel DIFF Explorers: Tools for Filmmakers in Entertainment, as well as The Colour of Cannes Honours panel.
Check out the list of Cannes’ 2026 award-winners below.
2026 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners
Feature Films
- Palme d’Or: Fjord
- Grand Prix: Minotaur
- Best Director: Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi, La Bola Negra and Pawel Pawlikowski, Fatherland (TIE)
- Best Screenplay: Emmanuel Marre, Notre Salut (A Man of His Time)
- Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamato, Soudain (All of a Sudden)
- Best Actor: Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, Coward
- Jury Prize: Das Geträumte Abenteuer (The Dreamed Adventure)
Short Films
- Palme d’Or – Short Film: Para los Contrincantes (For the Opponents)
Un Certain Regard
- Prize of Un Certain Regard: Everytime
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Elephants in the Fog
- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize: Le Corset (Iron Boy)
- Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Actress: Marina De Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, and Mariangel Villegas, Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno (Forever Your Maternal Animal)
- Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Actor: Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, Congo Boy
Golden Camera Award (For Best First Feature)
- Caméra d’Or: Ben’Imana
La Cinef (Cinéfondation)
- 1st Prize: Laser-Gato (Laser-Cat)
- 2nd Prize: Silent Voices
- 3rd Prize: Aldrig Nok (Never Enough) and Growing Stones, Flying Papers (TIE)
Superior Technical Commission
- CST Award for Best Artist-Technician: Nicolas Rumpl, Notre Salut (Head Film Editor)
- CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician: Esther Mysius, The Birthday Party (Production Designer)
Congrats to this year’s Cannes winners, and thanks to our SAGindie Roundtable participants!
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