Sandra Wollner's 'Everytime' wins Un Certain Regard top prize at Cannes

Sandra Wollner’s “Everytime” took the top award in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section on Friday, giving the Austrian director the biggest prize in the festival’s secondary competition, according to the official winners list. The Cannes Film Festival said “Elephants in the Fog” won the Jury Prize and “Iron Boy” won the Special Jury Prize at the same ceremony on May 22. Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset won best actor for his performance in “Congo Boy,” while the best actress prize was shared by Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro and Mariangel Villegas for “Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno.” ### Which prizes were handed out in Un Certain Regard? The Cannes festival’s official list named “Everytime” as the winner of the Un Certain Regard Prize, the top honor in the section. The same list gave the Jury Prize to Abinash Bikram Shah’s “Elephants in the Fog” and the Special Jury Prize to Louis Clichy’s “Iron Boy.” (festival-cannes.com) Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset was named best actor for “Congo Boy,” directed by Rafiki Fari­ala, according to Cannes. The festival also gave a joint best actress award to the three performers from Valentina Maurel’s “Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno.” ### What is “Everytime”? Festival de Cannes describes “Everytime” as a 121-minute film from Austria and Germany directed by Sandra Wollner. (festival-cannes.com) The festival synopsis says the story centers on a family shaken after one of three members disappears, sending the mother, Ella, on a trip south to Tenerife as past and present begin to merge. Sandra Wollner’s festival profile identifies “Everytime” as the Austrian filmmaker’s feature in the 2026 Un Certain Regard lineup. (festival-cannes.com) Variety, reporting on the awards, said the film emerged from a section that had drawn particular attention this year. ### How big is this section inside Cannes? The Cannes festival said the 2026 Un Certain Regard selection included 19 feature films, six of them first features also competing for the Caméra d’Or. (festival-cannes.com) The section is part of the Official Selection and has its own jury and awards ceremony, separate from the main Competition prizes. (festival-cannes.com) Variety described Un Certain Regard as Cannes’ second-most prestigious section. Its awards were announced a day before the festival’s closing ceremony, when the main Competition prizes are scheduled to be revealed. ### Who decides the bigger Cannes prizes, and when? The 79th Festival de Cannes is set to hold its closing ceremony on Saturday, May 23, with the main Competition jury chaired by South Korean director Park Chan-wook. (festival-cannes.com) Cannes said that jury will announce the winners from the 22 films in Competition during the ceremony. (variety.com) The festival said the closing ceremony begins at 8:15 p.m. local time and will be broadcast live on France 2 and internationally on Brut. The winning Palme d’Or film is then scheduled to be screened at the Grand Théâtre Lumière. ### What happens after the Un Certain Regard awards? Cannes said the Un Certain Regard 2026 selection will be rerun in Paris from May 29 to June 2 at UGC Gobelins, MK2 Quai de Seine and L’Arlequin, and again from June 10 to June 16 at Pathé Convention cinema. (festival-cannes.com) The rerun schedule was included in the festival’s official winners announcement. (festival-cannes.com) Saturday, May 23 remains the next major date on the Cannes calendar, with Park Chan-wook’s jury due to hand out the Palme d’Or and the rest of the main Competition prizes. (festival-cannes.com 1) (festival-cannes.com 2)