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Cannes 2015 has closed its celluloid curtain and the awards have been bestowed (proper dress attire still required). Check out the winners below.

The films that had been getting a lot of the top-prize buzz have been very diverse: there's the slow-burning 9th century martial arts film from Taiwan (The Assassin), the newest (most brutal) version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth (starring Michael Fassbender as the power-hungry warrior, and Marion Cotillard as his Lady), the 1950s-set lesbian melodrama, Carol (starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara), and a devastating Auschwitz drama, Son of Saul, about a man trying to save a corpse from the prison camp flames, because he believes its his son. Our own Croisette-critic-on-the-grounds, Talia Soghomonian, chose Youth as her personal Palme pick from the competition litter. Youth is the follow-up to the Oscar-winning The Great Beauty, starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel as old friends on a European retreat.

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But ultimately it was Jacques Audiard's (Rust and Bone, A Prophet) Dheepan that won the Palme d'Or. Here's the official synopsis of the film:

To escape the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. They end up settling in a housing project outside Paris. They barely know one another, but try to build a life together.

Needless to say, the Coen Brothers'-fronted jury had an interesting buffet to choose from and they spread it across many countries: films from Mexico, the USA, Greece, France, Taiwan, and Hungary all received awards. Check out all the winners below! And come back for more coverage of Cannes.

For the unfamiliar, the esteemed Palme d'Or is essentially first place, the Grand Prize is second place, and a Jury Prize mention can be viewed as third place. The top prizes are given to the director of the film.

2015 CANNES COMPETITION FILMS

Palme d'Or WINNER: Jacques Audiard, Dheepan

Grand Prize WINNER: László Nemes, Son of Saul

Best Director WINNER: Hou Hsiao-HseinThe Assassin 

Best Actor WINNER: Vincent Lindon, The Measure of a Man 

Best Actress WINNER (TIE): Rooney Mara, Carol and Emmanuel Bercot, Mon Roi 

Best Screenplay WINNER: Michel Franco, Chronic

Jury Prize WINNER: Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster 


ELIGIBLE FILMS:

The Assassin (Taiwan/China/Hong Kong) directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsein 

Carol (USA) Directed by Todd Haynes

Chronic (Mexico) Directed by Michel Franco

Dheepan (France) Directed by Jacques Audiard

The Lobster (Greece/France/UK) Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Louder Than Bombs (Norway/France/USA) Directed by Joachim Trier

Macbeth (UK/France/USA) Directed by Justin Kurzel

Marguerite & Julien (France) Directed by Valérie Donzelli

The Measure of a Man (France) Directed by Stéphane Brizé

Mon Roi (France) Directed by Maïwenn

Mountains May Depart (China) Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke

My Mother (Italy) Directed by Nanni Moretti

Our Little Sister (Japan) Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Sea of Trees (USA) Directed by Gus Van Sant

Sicario (USA/Canada) Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Son of Saul (Hungary) Directed by László Nemes

Tale of Tales (Italy/France/UK) directed by Matteo Garrone

Youth (Italy) directed by Paolo Sorrentino

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