The runner-up Grand Prix was awarded to U. S. director Spike Lee for his anti-racism film BlacKkKlansman
The top prize at the Cannes Film Festival went to Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, for a film about a family of petty criminals who take in a child they find on the street.
“It’s amazing to bring this gift back to the whole team, to all those who stayed in Japan,” Kore-eda told euronews. “When I learned it was the Palme d’Or I was stunned, it’s amazing. Now I have to come back to the real world, and continue to pour all my heart into my work as a filmmaker and make films that continue to have integrity.”
In a ceremony punctuated with references to women, the actress Asia Argento suggested there might be more Harvey Weinsteins in the room. She alleges the disgraced producer raped her at Cannes in 1997.
Second prize went to Spike Lee for BlacKkKclansman, which tells the true story of a black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in 1970s Colorado.
Lebanese actor-turned-director Nadine Labaki took home third prize for Capharnaum, set in Beirut’s poorest slums and lauded for the performances of its non-actor children.
