The fascinating Everytime by Austrian director Sandra Wollner has won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, handed out by a jury chaired by Leïla Bekhti (joined by Laura Samani, Thomas Cailley and Angèle Diabang). The third feature by the filmmaker (who won the Encounters Special Jury Prize at the 2020 Berlinale with The Trouble with Being Born) was produced by Austrian company Panama Film together with Germany’s The Barricades, and is handled internationally by Charades.

The Jury Prize went to Elephants in the Fog by Nepalese director Abinash Bikram Shah. Produced by Underground Talkies Nepal with French outfit Les Valseurs and Germany’s Die Gesellschaft, and co-produced by Enquadramento Produções (Brazil), Bubbles Project (Brazil), Zischlermann Filmproduktion (Germany), Storm Films (Norway) and Jayantii Creations (Nepal), this debut feature is handled internationally by Best Friend Forever.

A Special Jury Prize served to recognise the unpretentious and touching animated film Iron Boy by French filmmaker Louis Clichy, produced by Eddy Cinema, co-produced by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma and Belgian company Beside Productions, and sold internationally by Playtime.

Also worth noting is the Best Actress Award bestowed upon the trio consisting of Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro and Mariangel Villegas for their performances in Forever Your Maternal Animal by Belgian-Costa Rican helmer Valentina Maurel (handled internationally by Heretic), while the Best Actor Award went to Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset for Congo Boy by Rafiki Fariala (handled by The Party Film Sales).

Here is the full list of winners:

Un Certain Regard Prize
Everytime - Sandra Wollner (Germany/Austria)

Jury Prize
Elephants in the Fog - Abinash Bikram Shah (Nepal/Germany/Brazil/France/Norway)

Special Jury Prize
Iron Boy - Louis Clichy (France)

Best Actress
Marina De Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas - Forever Your Maternal Animal (Belgium/France/Mexico)

Best Actor
Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset - Congo Boy (Central African Republic/France/Democratic Republic of the Congo/Italy)