Cannes 2022: Meet the big winners of the night, Ruben Ostlund, India's 'All That Breathes'
Palme d'Or: Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness
The biggest award of the night Palme d`Or goes to 'Triangle of Sadness'. Ruben Ostlund took home his second Palme d`Or for Best Picture.
"When we started to make this film I think we had one goal - to really, really try to make an exciting film for the audience and bring thought-provoking content," Ostlund said.
Best Director: Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook won the prestigious best director award for his crime drama 'Decision To Leave'.
Starring Chinese star Tang Wei and Korean actor Park Hae-il, The movie story of a detective who, investigating a man's fatal fall from a mountain, comes under the spell of the victim's wife, whom he suspects of having caused her husband's death.
Best Actress: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Holy Spider
Exiled Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi won big at the Cannes Film Festival. Zar took home the best actress award for the highly discussed movie 'Holy Spider', in which she plays a journalist trying to solve the serial murders of prostitutes in the holy city of Mashhad.
Best Actor: Song Kang-ho, Broker
Prominent South Korean Actor Song Kang-ho, who you may have seen in the Oscar-winning movie 'Parasite', has won the best actor prize at the prestigious Cannes Fil Festival for his outstanding performance in 'Broker'.
US-led coalition troops targeted in Iraq
Two rockets targeting a base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Saturday crashed near the complex without causing casualties or damage, security sources said.
The base, controlled by Iraq, is located in the desert in the western Anbar province and hosts foreign troops from the coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
A previously unknown group calling itself "International Resistance" claimed the attack on a pro-Iran channel of messaging app Telegram.
Rockets and drones frequently target the Ain al-Asad base.
Jury Prize
This year two films were awarded the Jury prize. The coveted award was given to 'The Eight Mountains' by Belgian directors Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch and 'EO', by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, which is told through the eyes of a donkey.
Grand Prix
This year two films 'Close' and 'Stars at Noon' were awarded the Grand Prix award. Talking about the films, 'Close' comes from a Belgian director Lukas Dhont and tells the story about friendship and masculinity, meanwhile French auteur filmmaker Claire Denis's 'Stars at Noon' is set in modern-day Nicaragua.
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