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Ken Loach film takes the top prize at Cannes '06!!!

Hey folks, Harry here with the winners of this year's Cannes Film Festival. These are some of the films you should take note of to see this year. Here ya go...

The complete list the 2006 Festival de Cannes are being announced tonight in France.

Palme d'Or: "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" by Ken Loach

Grand Prix (runner-up): "Flanders" by Bruno Dumont

Prix de la Mise en Scene (Best Director): Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for "Babel"

Prix du Scenario (Best Screenplay Award):Pedro Almodovar for "Volver"

Camera d'Or (For best first feature): "A Fost sau n-a fost?" (12:08 East of Bucharest) by Corneliu Porumbolu

Prix du Jury (Jury Prize): "Red Road" by Andrea Arnold

Prix d'interpretation feminine (Best Actress): Ensemble female cast of "Volver" by Pedro Almodovar (Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave)

Prix d'interpretation masculine (Best Actor): Ensemble male cast of "Indigenes" by Rachid Bouchareb (Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan)

Court-Metrage (Short Film): Palme d'Or (short film): "Sniffer" by Bobby Peers

Prix Du Jury: "Premiera Nieve" by Pablo Aguero

Special Mention: "Conte de quartier" by Florence Miaihe



UN CERTAIN REGARD

Prix Un Certain Regard - Fondation Gan Pour le Cinema: "Luxury Car" by Wang Chao

Prix Special du Jury Un Certain Regard: "Ten Canoes" by Rolf De Heer

Prix d'Interpretation Un Certain Regard (acting award): Dorotheea Petre for "The Way I Spent the End of the World" (Cum Mi-Am Petrecut Sfarsitul Lumii) by Catalin Mitulescu

Prix d'Interpretation Un Certain Regard (acting award): Don Angel Tavira for "El Violin" by Francisco Vargas

Prix du President du Jury Un Certain Regard: Patrick Grandperret for "Meurtrieres"



CINEFONDATION

Premier Prix: "Ge & Zeta" by Gustavo Riet

Second Prize: "Mr Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker" by Stefan Mueller

Third Prize (shared): "Mother" by Sian Heder and "A Virus" by Agnes Kocsis

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