Cannes awards Un Certain Regard prize to Sandra Wollner’s EVERYTIME

Sandra Wollner’s “EVERYTIME” won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, organizers said in a winners list published on May 22. The award was announced a day before the festival’s May 23 closing ceremony, when the main Competition prizes are due to be handed out. (festival-cannes.com) Un Certain Regard is part of Cannes’ Official Selection and runs alongside the main Competition. ### Where does Un Certain Regard sit inside Cannes? (festival-cannes.com) The Festival de Cannes lists Un Certain Regard as one of the strands in its Official Selection, separate from the main Competition for the Palme d’Or. The 2026 selection page shows 19 feature films in the section this year, including Wollner’s “EVERYTIME,” Abinash Bikram Shah’s “ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG” and Louis Clichy’s “LE CORSET (IRON BOY).” (festival-cannes.com) Festival materials describe the section as focused on discovery and auteur cinema. In its May 22 release, Cannes said the 2026 Un Certain Regard lineup included 19 feature films, six of them first features also eligible for the Caméra d’or. (festival-cannes.com) ### Which films and performers were honored on May 22? The May 22 winners list gave the top Un Certain Regard prize to “EVERYTIME,” directed by Sandra Wollner. The same list awarded the Jury Prize to “ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG” by Abinash Bikram Shah and identified it as a first film. Louis Clichy’s “IRON BOY” received the Special Jury Prize, according to Cannes. (festival-cannes.com) The festival also gave Best Actor to Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset for “CONGO BOY,” directed by Rafiki Fariiala. Three performers shared the Best Actress award. Cannes named Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro and Mariangel Villegas as joint winners for “SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO,” directed by Valentina Maurel. (festival-cannes.com) ### What else stands out in the winners list? Abinash Bikram Shah’s “ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG” was singled out by Cannes as a first feature, which places it among the section’s debut works as well as among the prizewinners. (festival-cannes.com) The 2026 selection page separately lists the film in Un Certain Regard, alongside other first-time and returning filmmakers in the strand. Variety, in a report published May 22, matched the main result and reported that “Everytime” took the top Un Certain Regard honor, while “Iron Boy” and “Forever Your Maternal Animal” were among the other winners. (festival-cannes.com) ### Was this the festival’s final awards announcement? (festival-cannes.com) Festival de Cannes said on its awards page that the Un Certain Regard awards ceremony took place on Friday, May 22. The same page said the winners of the 79th edition would be available online on Saturday, May 23, referring to the main festival prizes. A separate Cannes release on the closing ceremony said Park Chan-wook is chairing the main Competition jury and that the jury will announce winners from 22 films in Competition on May 23. (festival-cannes.com) The ceremony is set to be hosted by Eye Haïdara, who also presented the opening ceremony on May 12. ### What happens next at Cannes? (variety.com) Saturday, May 23 is the next key date in Cannes’ schedule. The festival has said the closing ceremony will reveal the winners from the 22 films in the main Competition, while the Un Certain Regard results published on May 22 already stand as one of the first major official verdicts of the 2026 edition. (festival-cannes.com 1) (festival-cannes.com 2)