The English-language debut of the Romanian director, Cristian Mungiuthe drama Fjordtook home the Palme d'Or in it Cannes Film Festivalin its 79th edition.
Mungiu repeats the feat as winner of Cannes' top award, nineteen years after he first achieved it with his shocking drama about abortion, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (translated as, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days).
Mungiu is the tenth direct winner of two Palme d'Ors, after Alf Sjöberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Bille August, Emir Kusturica, Shōhei Imamura, the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke, Ken Loach and Ruben Östlund.
Fjordstarring Renate Reinsve y Sebastian Stanfollows a Romanian immigrant family – led by characters played by Reinsve and Stan – who move to Norway, where they are the subject of an investigation that sees them being accused of child abuse, facing the scrutiny of the local judicial system.
The drama, which will be distributed in American theaters by NEON starting August 19, makes the independent studio the Palme d'Or winning studio for the seventh consecutive year: Parasite (2019), Titanium (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Anatomy of a Fall (2023), Anora (2024), It Was Just an Accident (2025), Fjord (2026).
EYE ON THE DATA: In 2020, Cannes canceled its festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second prize, the Grand Prixit was for Minotaurof Andrey Zvyagintseva biting satire on corruption and infidelity in contemporary Russia. The drama set in Bulgaria about an archaeologist, The Dreamed Adventureof Valeska Grisebachcame in third place and won the Jury Prize (Jury Prize).
He best director award was shared between Pawel Pawlikowski by Fatherlandy Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi by The Black Ball. The awards for best actor and best actress were awarded jointly to pairs of performers from two films.
Virginie Efira y Tao Okamoto They won the best actress award for the care drama All of a Sudden of Ryusuke Hamaguchiwhile the award for best actor was awarded to Valentine Countryside y Emmanuel Macchia for the queer drama of the first world war Coward.
Park Chan-wook chaired this year's jury, made up of Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, Chloe Zhao y Paul Lavertywhile Isabelle Huppert paid special tribute to Barbra Streisand during the closing ceremony. A knee injury prevented Streisand from attending the Croisette in person to receive the honorary Palme d'Or, however, she sent an extensive video message where she highlighted:
“In this crazy, volatile world that seems to be more fractured by the day, it is refreshing to see the fascinating films at this festival, made by artists from many countries.”
The other two recipients of the honorary awards were John Travolta y Peter Jackson.
With information from the AP.
Source: https://cine3.com/fjord-cristian-mungiu-palma-de-oro-cannes-2026-neon/
