The Cannes film festival ended Saturday in the south of France with the awarding of its top prize, the Palme d’Or. 

The closing ceremony at Cannes brings to a close 12 days of red-carpet premieres, regular COVID-19 testing for many participants, and the first major film festival to be held in practically its normal manner since the pandemic began.   

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Here is a list of the main winners:

Palme d’Or: Julia Ducournau for “Titane” (France)

Grand Prix: Shared by Ashgar Farhadi for “A Hero” (Iran) and Juho Kuosmanen for “Compartment No.6” (Finland)

Best actress: Renate Reinsve for “Worst Person in the World” (Norway)

Best actor: Caleb Landry Jones for “Nitram” (US)

Best screenplay: Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Takamasa Oe for “Drive My Car” (Japan)

Jury prize: Shared by Nadav Lapid for “Ahed’s Knee” (Israel) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul for “Memoria” (Thailand)

Best first film: Antoneta Kusijanovic for “Murina” (Croatia)

Best short film: Hong Kong’s “All The Crows In The World” Tang Yi

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Cannes pressed ahead with an ambitious schedule of world cinema despite lower attendance and mandatory mask-wearing in cinemas. The pandemic forced the cancellation of last year’s Cannes Film Festival.

There are 24 films competing for the Palme d’Or. Although the jury’s deliberations are secret and undisclosed, this does not prevent a broad range of forecasts, guesses, and betting odds from being made. This year’s film festival had a solid lineup of several renowned international directors, but no obvious favourite emerged.