CANNES, France — The closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Movie Competition delivered the style items, as stars arrived on the Croisette in sharply tailor-made suiting, archival couture and excessive jewellery statements that capped one other version of the occasion.
The movie “Fjord” was the only real winner of the Palme d’Or from a relatively indecisive — or beneficiant — jury that in any other case gave out lots of shared honors. The jury was headed by South Korean director Park Chan-wook, which included Demi Moore, Ruth Negga, Stellan Skarsgård, Ivorian-French actor Isaach De Bankolé, director Chloé Zhao, Chilean director Diego Céspedes and Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel.
Juror Moore wore a customized Balenciaga inexperienced column costume with a billowing cape and white opera gloves, paired with Chopard jewels, whereas Zhao wore a pink costume from Gabriela Hearst. Negga was wearing Christian Dior, additionally paired with Chopard jewellery.
Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve wore a customized look from Louis Vuitton. The actress, who starred in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” wore a two-piece ensemble that includes a black silk crepe open high paired with hand-embroidered low-waist trousers coated in silver sequins, completed with metallic pumps. She accessorized with white gold and diamond Tumbler bracelets and an identical ring from the home’s excessive jewellery assortment.
Presenting the Palme d’Or, Tilda Swinton delivered one of many night’s standout style moments in a scarlet jersey crepe costume from Chanel’s fall 2026 assortment, punctuated by a dramatic reversible Cartier choker relationship again to 1997 and nicknamed “Honeymoon.” One aspect featured white gold and diamonds, whereas the reverse revealed yellow gold.
All through the evening, the panel awarded a number of shared prizes, together with the Greatest Actress, Greatest Actor and Greatest Director awards.
Among the many evening’s largest winners, Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto shared the Greatest Actress prize for “All of a Sudden,” directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Efira opted for glossy monochrome tailoring from Saint Laurent, sporting a single-breasted wool jacket with coordinating flared trousers and black silk slingback pumps. She layered on excessive jewellery from Cartier, together with the newly unveiled “Nitelia” necklace from the Le Chœur des Pierres assortment, composed of emerald-cut diamonds cascading throughout the décolletage, which debuted in Saint-Tropez final week.
Okamoto selected a extra minimalist silhouette in a black matte silk robe from Chanel’s fall 2026 ready-to-wear assortment. The Japanese actress accomplished the look with items from the home’s high quality and excessive jewellery collections, together with the Plume de Chanel ring in yellow and white gold with diamonds and Comète Couture earrings from the “1932” assortment.
Zoe Saldaña in Chanel and Cartier.
Courtesy of Chanel
Additionally in Chanel was Zoe Saldaña, who introduced the pair with the Greatest Actress award in a black mango silk costume from the model’s cruise 2027 assortment. Saldaña, who turned a world ambassador for Cartier final yr, paired the robe with archival items from the jeweler’s heritage assortment.
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, who stars in “La Bola Negra,” which earned Greatest Director honors, surprisingly went the nostalgia route. The Chanel ambassador opted as an alternative for an archival white-and-black high fashion robe by Lebanese designer Georges Chakra from 2012. The fitted white bodice flowed right into a voluminous black satin skirt with an prolonged prepare.
Internet hosting the ceremony, French actress Eye Haïdara embraced sharp tailoring in a tuxedo-inspired ensemble from Celine, together with a boxy wool gabardine jacket, matching trousers, a silk twill tuxedo scarf and Triomphe pumps.
Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev received the Grand Prix for “Minotaur” and used his acceptance speech to name on Vladimir Putin to “cease the carnage” in Ukraine.
The Jury Prize went to “The Dreamed Journey” by German director Valeska Grisebach, whereas Greatest Director was shared between Spanish duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi for “La Bola Negra” and Polish auteur Paweł Pawlikowski for “Fatherland.”
Greatest Actor honors had been shared between Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne for “Coward.”
Different visitors included Isabelle Huppert, who wore a customized Loewe black-and-white bib costume topped with Chopard hoops.
