Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:33am on 24 May 2026,Sunday International
Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival for his film Fjord, marking his second victory at Cannes after 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days in 2007. The drama follows a Christian Romanian family that relocates to Norway and faces a child welfare investigation after disciplining their children. The film stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve. Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev won the Grand Prix for Minotaur, a war drama linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo won the Camera d’Or for Ben’Imana. (PC: Al Jazeera)
