Everytime wins Un Certain Regard at Cannes

Sandra Wollner’s “Everytime” won the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, according to the festival’s 2026 winners list published as the 79th edition closed on May 23. Festival de Cannes listed Wollner’s film as the Un Certain Regard Prize winner, with Abinash Bikram Shah’s “Elephants in the Fog” taking the Jury Prize and Louis Clichy’s “Iron Boy” winning the Special Jury Prize. Variety also reported that “Everytime” won the section’s top award, describing the result as one of the notable late-festival outcomes from Cannes’ secondary competition strand. Reuters, in a separate report carried by partner outlets, described the film as an understated family drama about grief. (festival-cannes.com) ### Which films and performers were recognized alongside “Everytime”? Festival de Cannes said the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize went to “Elephants in the Fog,” directed by Abinash Bikram Shah, and identified it as a first film. The festival said Louis Clichy’s “Iron Boy” won the Special Jury Prize. (msn.com) The same winners list said Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset won Best Actor for “Congo Boy,” directed by Rafiki Fariala. Festival de Cannes also awarded Best Actresses to Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro and Mariangel Villegas for “Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno” (“Forever Your Maternal Animal”), directed by Valentina Maurel. (festival-cannes.com) ### When were the Un Certain Regard awards announced? Festival de Cannes said on its awards page that the Un Certain Regard awards ceremony took place on Friday, May 22, in the Debussy Theatre. The broader festival closing ceremony, where the main competition prizes were to be announced, was scheduled for Saturday, May 23. The official Cannes press release carrying the Un Certain Regard winners list was published on May 22 and appeared on the festival site as the 79th edition moved into its final day. (festival-cannes.com) That timing explains why some media reports published on May 22 and others on May 23 described the same result. (festival-cannes.com) ### What is “Everytime” about? Reuters described “Everytime” as a family drama centered on grief. AwardsWatch said the film follows a mother, her daughter and a teenage boy who travel to Tenerife for a holiday after a tragedy, and said Wollner thanked the section’s jury in her acceptance remarks. (festival-cannes.com) Festival de Cannes listed “Everytime” among the 2026 Un Certain Regard selections before the awards were announced. The selection page identified Wollner as the film’s director and placed the title in the festival’s main sidebar lineup for emerging and distinctive work outside the Palme d’Or competition. That characterization is an inference from Cannes’ structure and placement of the section on its official selection page. (msn.com) ### Who oversaw this year’s section? Festival de Cannes said the 79th festival jury was chaired by South Korean director Park Chan-wook. The festival’s awards materials said the Un Certain Regard prizes were decided by the jury for that selection. Variety, Deadline and other trade outlets published matching winners lists naming Wollner, Shah and Clichy among the section’s prize recipients. (festival-cannes.com) Those reports aligned with the official Cannes release. ### What happens next for the winning films? Festival de Cannes said the 2026 Un Certain Regard selection will be rerun in Paris from May 29 to June 2 at UGC Gobelins, MK2 Quai de Seine and L’Arlequin. (festival-cannes.com) The festival also scheduled additional Paris screenings from June 10 to June 16 at Pathé Convention. (festival-cannes.com) (deadline.com)