Cannes Palme d'Or goes to Bong Joon-ho's Parasite

AKIPRESS.COM - South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has won the Cannes film festival's most prestigious award, BBC reports.
The Palme d'Or was awarded for his film Parasite, a dark comedy thriller exploring social class dynamics.
The festival came to a close this evening after 11 days of previews of new films and documentaries.
It saw French-Senagalese director Mati Diop become the first black female director to win an award in Cannes' 72-year history.
Diop won the Grand Prix - the equivalent of a silver prize - for Atlantics, a Senegalese drama about young migrants and sexual politics.
Other winners on the night included Emily Beecham - a dual British-American national - who took home the best actress award for her appearance in Little Joe, a psychological sci-fi about a woman whose scent induces euphoria.
Best actor went to Antonio Banderas for his role in Pain and Glory, the story of a film director who is facing middle age and a creative crisis.
Best screenplay went to Céline Sciamma for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, a period romance about a relationship between a young painter and her subject.
Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne took home the award for best directors for their film Young Ahmed, which is about a boy who is radicalised into stabbing his teacher.
Brazilian film Bacurau, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles won the Jury Prize. The story follows a filmmaker who travels to a remote village and discovers its dark secrets.