2013 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners

Vidya Balan with fellow jury members - Nicole Kidman,Ang Lee,Steven Spielberg,Naomi Kawase,Lynne Ramsay,Christoph Waltz,Daniel Auteuil and Cristian Mungiu

Vidya Balan with fellow jury members (from left), Nicole Kidman, Ang Lee, Steven Spielberg, Naomi Kawase, Lynne Ramsay, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Auteuil and Cristian Mungiu arrive for the closing ceremony of the 66th international film festival - See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/picture-gallery/cannes-film-festival-vidya-balan-back-with-a-bang-at-the-closing-ceremony-/2803-2.html#sthash.DyichXIq.dpuf

Palme d'Or Award
A gay themed love story ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’ directed by French-Tunisian filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche has won the the Palme d’Or - at the 66th Cannes Film Festival

Director Abdellatif Kechiche, centre, actors Lea Seydoux, left, and Adele Exarchopoulos pose with the Palme d'Or award for the film La Vie D'Adele afer an award ceremony at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France,on May 26, 2013.

Grand Prix Award
The Grand Prix went to  ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Written & directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.A bleak comedy set in the early 60s folk scene of Greenwich Village

Best Director -Amat Escalante(Mexico)for his brutal drug war drama ‘Heli’

Best Screenplay - Jia Zhang-ke(China) for ‘A Touch of Sin’

Best Actress - Argentine-Born French actress Berenice Bejo for Le Passe' (The Past)from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi

Best Actor - Bruce Dern for ‘Nebraska’
Nebraska director Alexander Payne accepted the Best Actor award on behalf of Bruce Dern

Jury Prize - Kore-eda Hirokazu’s(Japan) drama 'Like Father, Like Son'