On May 26, "Blue is Warmest Color" by Abdellatif Kechiche won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
The award was voted on by the jury that included Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman, Christian Mungiu, Lynne Ramsey, Christoph Waltz, Vidya Balan, Daniel Auteuil and Naomi Kawase.
The second prize award known as the Grand Prix of the Jury went to "Inside Llewyn Davis" by Joel and Ethan Coen. Meanwhile the best director award went to Spanish helmer Amat Escalante for his fourth feature "Heli."
Other big winners included Berenice Bejo for "The Past." The actress won the coveted Best Actress Award while American born Bruce Dern surprised audiences and critics winning the Best Actor award for his turn in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska."
The jury prize [Prix du Jury] went to "Like Father, Like Son" by Kore-eda Hirokazu, which many pundits believed was one of the strongest contenders in the competition slate.
The award for Best First Feature [Camera d'Or] went to "Ilo Ilo" directed by Anthony Chen while the Best Screenplay award [Prix du Scenario] went to Jia Zhangke for "A Touch Of Sin."
The short film Palme d'Or went to "Safe" directed by Moon Byoung-Gon.
Previous winners of the Palme d'Or are "The Tree of Life" "Amour," "Uncle Boome Who Can Recall his Past Lives," "The Class" and "The White Ribbon."
The Cannes Film Festival is known as one of the most prestigious and biggest festivals in the film industry where over 4,000 films are screened in the market and in the official slate.
The festival opened on May 15th with Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" and closed on May 26th with Jerome Salles' Orlando Bloom-Forest Whitaker starrer "Zulu."
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