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Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Shoplifters' wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes

By Karen Butler   |   May 20, 2018 at 10:08 AM
Hirokazu Kore-eda arrives at the award photocall after receiving the "Palme d'Or" prize for the film "Shoplifters" during the 71st annual Cannes International Film Festival in France Saturday. Photo by David Silpa/UPI Mitra Farahani (L) and Fabrice Aragno accept the Special Palme d'Or award on behalf of director Jean-Luc Godard for his film "The Image Book" at the award photocall during the 71st annual Cannes International Film Festival in France on Saturday. Photo by David Silpa/UPI Spike Lee arrives at the award photocall after receiving the Grand Prix prize for the film "BlacKkKlansman" during the 71st annual Cannes International Film Festival in France on Saturday. Photo by David Silpa/UPI "Bet Actor winner Marcello Fonte (L) and Best Actress winner Samal Yeslyamova hold their respective awards during the 71st annual Cannes International Film Festival in France on Saturday. Photo by David Silpa/UPI

May 20 (UPI) -- Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters won the top honor -- the Palme d'Or -- at the Cannes Film Festival in France this weekend.

Jean-Luc Godard's The Image Book received the Special Palme d'Or and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman earned the Grand Prix.

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The Jury Prize went to Capernaum, directed by Nadine Labaki, and Pawel Pawlikowski won for Best Director for Cold War.

Marcello Fonte was named Best Actor for Dogman and Samal Yeslyamova won the Best Actress prize for Ayka.

There was a tie in the Best Screenplay category, with Alice Rohrwacher sharing her writing award for Happy as Lazzaro with Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar, who penned Three Faces.