Cannes Film Festival 2008 Winners

Palme d'Or (Golden Palm):
"Entre les Murs" ("The Class") directed by Laurent Cantet
An evocation of contemporary society as seen through a year's worth of events in a Paris junior high school.

Special 61st Anniversary Award:
Catherine Deneuve for "Un conte de Noël" ("A Christmas Tale")
Follows a family who becomes increasingly contentious and dysfunctional until an ill relative brings them together over the holidays.
Clint Eastwood for "Changeling"
A mother prays for the return of her kidnapped son. When her prayers are answered, however, she begins to suspect the boy who comes back is not her child.

Grand Prize:
"Gomorra" directed by Matteo Garrone
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano.

Best Director:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan for "Three Monkeys"
A family is dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies. They battle against the odds to stay together by covering up the truth, but it only leads to additional hardship.

Best Screenplay:
Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne for "Le Silence de Lorna"
A resolutely naturalistic portrait of a young Albanian woman having second thoughts about a cold-blooded immigration scam.

Jury Prize:
"Il Divo" directed by Paolo Sorrentino
The story of Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who has been elected to Parliament seven times since is was established in 1946.

Camera d'Or (First-Time Filmmakers):
"Hunger" directed by Steve McQueen
The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.

Best Leading Actor:
Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's "Che"
A biopic about the life of Argentine revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.

Best Leading Actress:
Sandra Corveloni in Walter Salles' and Daniela Thomas' "Linha de Passe"
A story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams.