American director Terrence Malick's expansive drama The Tree of Life won the top honour at the Cannes Film Festival, while Kirsten Dunst took the best-actress prize for the apocalyptic saga Melancholia.
Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick (United States)
Producers Bill Pohlad, right, and Dede Gardner accept the Palme d'Or for The Tree of Life at the 64th international film festival in Cannes.
Grand Prize: Shared between The Kid with the Bike by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium) and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
From left, directors Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, recipients of the Grand Prix for the film The Kid with a Bike, and director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, recipient of the Grand Prix for the film Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, receiving the award.
Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive (Denmark)
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist (France)
Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia (film from Denmark, actress from United States)
Camera d'Or (first-time director): Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli (Argentina) President of the Camera d'Or jury Bong Joon-Ho, right presents director Pablo Giorgelli, with the Camera D'Or prize during the awards ceremony.
Best Screenplay: Joseph Cedar, Footnote (Israel)
Seen here actors from left, Yuval Scharf, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Alma Zak and Lior Ashkenazi pose during a photo call for Footnote at the 64th international film festival.
Best short film: Country by Maryna Vroda (Ukraine)
Jury Prize: Poliss by Maiwenn (France) Actress and French director Maiwenn Le Besco at the closing ceremony.
Jury member Uma Thurman stole the show in an electric blue body hugging gown at the closing ceremony.
Kirsten Dunst fails to impress in this outfit.
Uma Thurman with fellow jury member and actor Jude Law.
President of the jury Robert De Niro, poses with other jury members, from second left, Linn Ullmann, Jude Law and Uma Thurman for the closing ceremony.
President of the jury Robert De Niro, talks to Best Actress recipient Kirsten Dunst, left, and Best Actor recipient Jean Dujardin.
Kirsten receives the Best Actress award from actor Edgar Ramirez
