# 2015 Cannes Film Festival

The 68th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2015. Ethan and Joel Coen were the Co-Presidents of the Jury for the main competition, marking the first time that two people co-chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel. French actor Lambert Wilson was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Dheepan. During his speech, Audiard stated that "receive a prize from the Coen brothers is something pretty exceptional. I'm very touched". French film director Agnès Varda was presented with the Honorary Palme d'Or at the festival's closing ceremony. She was the first female filmmaker to ever receive the award.
The festival's official poster featured Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, photographed by David Seymour. The poster was chosen to pay tribute to Bergman for her contributions to films, whom also served as the Jury President at 1973 Cannes Film Festival. As part of the tribute, the documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words was screened in the Cannes Classics section.
The festival opened with Standing Tall by Emmanuelle Bercot, and closed with Ice and the Sky by Luc Jacquet. Both the opening and closing films were selected for the strength and importance of their messages; Standing Tall for the way its themes respond to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and Ice and the Sky for its concern for the future of the planet.
The edition was infamously marked by artistic director Thierry Frémaux pledge to celebrities to abstain from taking selfies on the red carpet. While he did not have the powers to ban the pictures from the red carpet altogether, Fremaux urged celebrities to resist the temptation.

## Juries
### Main competition

The full jury for the Main Competition was announced on 21 April 2015:
* Ethan and Joel Coen, American filmmakers - Jury Co-Presidents
* Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress
* Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director
* Xavier Dolan, Canadian film director and actor
* Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
* Sophie Marceau, French actress and film director
* Sienna Miller, English actress
* Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter and composer

### Un Certain Regard

* Isabella Rossellini, Italian-American actress - Jury President
* Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian film director
* Panos H. Koutras, Greek film director
* Nadine Labaki, Lebanese film director and actress
* Tahar Rahim, French actor

### Camera d'Or

* Sabine Azéma, French actress - Jury President
* Claude Garnier, French cinematographer
* Delphine Gleize, French film director
* Yann Gonzalez, French film director
* Didier Huck, French Technicolor executive
* Bernard Payen, French film critic and curator
* Melvil Poupaud, French actor

### Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

* Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian film director - Jury President
* Cécile de France, Belgian actress
* Joana Hadjithomas, Lebanese film director
* Daniel Olbrychski, Polish actor
* Rebecca Zlotowski, French film director

### Critics' Week

* Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress and film director - Jury President
* Andréa Picard, Canadian film curator and critic
* Katell Quillévéré, French film director
* Peter Suschitzky, English cinematographer
* Boyd van Hoeij, French-based Dutch film critic

### L'Œil d'or

* Rithy Panh, Franco-Cambodian documentary film director - Jury President
* Diana El Jeiroudi, Syrian documentary film producer
* Scott Foundas, American film critic
* Irène Jacob, Franco-Swiss actress
* Nicolas Philibert, French documentary film director

### Queer Palm

* Desiree Akhavan, American-Iranian film director and actress - Jury President
* Ava Cahen, French journalist
* Laëtitia Eïdo, French actress
* Elli Mastorou, Belgian film journalist
* Nadia Turincev, French film producer

## Official selection
### In Competition

The films competing for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 16 April 2015. Two films were added to the main competition line-up on 23 April 2015, Valley of Love, directed by Guillaume Nicloux, and Chronic, directed by Michel Franco. The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Assassin | 聶隱娘 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, France |
| Carol (QP) | Carol (QP) | Todd Haynes | United Kingdom, United States |
| Chronic | Chronic | Michel Franco | Mexico, France |
| Dheepan | Dheepan | Jacques Audiard | France |
| The Lobster | The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece, France, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Louder Than Bombs | Louder Than Bombs | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Denmark, United States |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | Justin Kurzel | United Kingdom, France, United States |
| Marguerite & Julien (QP) | Marguerite et Julien | Valérie Donzelli | France |
| The Measure of a Man | La Loi du marché | Stéphane Brizé | France |
| Mia Madre | Mia Madre | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| Mountains May Depart | 山河故人 | Jia Zhangke | China, Japan, France |
| My King | Mon roi | Maïwenn | France |
| Our Little Sister | 海街diary | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| The Sea of Trees | The Sea of Trees | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Sicario | Sicario | Denis Villeneuve | United States |
| Son of Saul (CdO) | Saul fia | László Nemes | Hungary |
| Tale of Tales | Il racconto dei racconti | Matteo Garrone | Italy, France, United Kingdom |
| Valley of Love | La Vallée de l'amour | Guillaume Nicloux | France |
| Youth | La giovinezza | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

### Un Certain Regard

The following films competed in the Un Certain Regard section. Lamb, the first feature film directed by Yared Zeleke, is also the first Ethiopian film to be included in the Official Selection. Sweet Red Bean Paste, directed by Naomi Kawase, was announced as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section. The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Alias Maria | Alias Maria | José Luis Rugeles Gracia | Colombia, Argentina, France |
| Cemetery of Splendour | รักที่ขอนแก่น | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| The Chosen Ones | Las elegidas | David Pablos | Mexico |
| Disorder | Maryland | Alice Winocour | France |
| Fly Away Solo (CdO) | Masaan | Neeraj Ghaywan | India |
| The Fourth Direction | Chauthi Koot | Gurvinder Singh | India |
| The High Sun | Zvizdan | Dalibor Matanić | Croatia, Slovenia |
| I Am a Soldier (CdO) | Je suis un soldat | Laurent Larivière | France, Belgium |
| Journey to the Shore | 岸辺の旅 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Lamb (CdO) | Lamb (CdO) | Yared Zeleke | Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway |
| Madonna | 마돈나 | Shin Su-won | South Korea |
| Nahid (CdO) | ناهید | Ida Panahandeh | Iran |
| One Floor Below | Un etaj mai jos | Radu Muntean | Romania |
| The Other Side (ŒdO) | The Other Side (ŒdO) | Roberto Minervini | United States, Italy |
| Rams | Hrútar | Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland |
| The Shameless | 무뢰한 | Oh Seung-uk | South Korea |
| Sweet Red Bean Paste | あん | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| Trap | Taklub | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines |
| The Treasure | Comoara | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania |
    (CdO) film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to screen out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ice and the Sky (closing film) (ŒdO) | La Glace et le ciel | Luc Jacquet | France |
| Inside Out | Inside Out | Pete Docter | United States |
| Irrational Man | Irrational Man | Woody Allen | United States |
| The Little Prince | Le Petit Prince | Mark Osborne | France |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller | Australia, United States |
| Standing Tall (opening film) | La Tête haute | Emmanuelle Bercot | France |
| Midnight Screenings ||||
| Amy (ŒdO) (QP) | Amy (ŒdO) (QP) | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom |
| Love (QP) | Love (QP) | Gaspar Noé | France |
| Office (CdO) | 오피스 | Hong Won-chan | South Korea |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
    (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Afterthought (CdO) | היורד למעלה | Elad Keidan | Israel |
| Amnesia | Amnesia | Barbet Schroeder | Switzerland, France |
| Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad | Une histoire de fou | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Macadam Stories | Asphalte | Samuel Benchetrit | France |
| Our House (ŒdO) | Oka | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |
| Panama (CdO) | Panama (CdO) | Pavle Vučković | Serbia |
| A Tale of Love and Darkness (CdO) | סיפור על אהבה וחושך | Natalie Portman | United States, Israel |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

### Cinéfondation

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected out of 1,600 submissions. More than one-third of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. It is also the first time that a film representing a Spanish film school had been selected. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
| 14 Steps | Четырнадцать шагов | Maksim Shavkin | Moscow School of New Cinema, Russia |
| Absent | Abwesend | Eliza Petkova | dffb, Germany |
| Amphibian | Anfibio | Héctor Silva Núñez | EICTV, Cuba |
| Leonardo | Leonardo | Félix Hazeaux, Thomas Nitsche, Edward Noonan, Franck Pina, & Raphaëlle Plantier | MOPA (formerly Supinfocom-Arles), France |
| Lost Queens | Locas perdidas | Ignacio Juricic Merillán | Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile |
| The Magnetic Nature | El ser mágnetico | Mateo Bendesky | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| Manoman | Manoman | Simon Cartwright | National Film and Television School, United Kingdom |
| Paradise | Het Paradijs | Laura Vandewynckel | RITS School of Arts Brussels, Belgium |
| Retriever | Retriever | Tomáš Klein and Tomáš Merta | FAMU Prague, Czech Republic |
| The Return of Erkin | возвращение Эркин | Maria Guskova | High Courses for Scriptwriters & Film Directors, Russia |
| Share | Share | Pippa Bianco | AFI Directing Workshop for Women, United States |
| Slaughterhouse | کشتارگاه | Behzad Azadi | Art University of Tehran, Iran |
| Ten Buildings Away | עשרה רחובות, מאה עצים | Miki Polonski | Minshar for Art, Israel |
| To Return Until | Ainahan ne palaa | Salla Sorri | Aalto University-ELO Film School Helsinki Finland |
| Tsunami | Tsunami | Sofie Kampmark | The Animation Workshop, Denmark |
| Under the Sun | 日光之下 | Qiu Yang | The VCA, Film & TV School, Melbourne University, Australia |
| Victor XX | Victor XX | Ian Garrido López | ESCAC, Spain |
| The Wheel of Emotions | Les Chercheurs | Aurélien Peilloux | La Fémis, France |

### Short Films Competition

Out of 4,550 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or. The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ave Maria | السلام عليك يا مريم | Basil Khalil | Palestine, France, Germany |
| Buddy | Copain | Jan Roosens & Raf Roosens | Belgium |
| The Guests | The Guests | Shane Danielsen | Australia |
| Love Is Blind | Love Is Blind | Dan Hodgson | United Kingdom |
| Patriot | Patriot | Eva Riley | United Kingdom |
| Present Imperfect | Presente imperfecto | Iair Said | Argentina |
| P.S. I Can't Breathe | P.S. I Can't Breathe | Monet Merchand & Rochelle White | United States |
| Sunday Lunch | Le Repas dominical | Céline Devaux | France |
| Tuesday | Salı | Ziya Demirel | Turkey, France |
| Waves '98 | موج ٩٨ | Ely Dagher | Lebanon, Qatar |

### Cannes Classics

The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 30 April 2015. Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras was announced as the guest of honor. In tribute to the recently deceased Portuguese film director, Cannes Classics screened Manoel de Oliveira's posthumous 1982 film Memories and Confessions. The film was previously unseen outside of Portugal.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Tributes ||||
| Citizen Kane (1941) | Citizen Kane (1941) | Orson Welles | United States |
| United States ||
| Lumière! | Lumière! | Louis Lumière | France |
| More (1969) | More (1969) | Barbet Schroeder | West Germany, France, Luxembourg |
| Memories and Confessions | Visita ou Memórias e Confissões | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Z (1969) | Z (1969) | Costa-Gavras | France, Algeria |
| Documentaries ||||
| By Sidney Lumet (ŒdO) | By Sidney Lumet (ŒdO) | Nancy Buirski | United States |
| Gérard Depardieu: Larger Than Life (CdO) (ŒdO) | Depardieu grandeur nature | Richard Melloul | France |
| Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (ŒdO) | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (ŒdO) | Daniel Raim | United States |
| Hitchcock/Truffaut (ŒdO) | Hitchcock/Truffaut (ŒdO) | Kent Jones | United States |
| Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (ŒdO) | Jag är Ingrid | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Orson Welles: Shadows & Light (ŒdO) | Orson Welles, autopsie d'une légende | Elisabeth Kapnist | France |
| Sembene! (CdO) (ŒdO) | Sembene! (CdO) (ŒdO) | Samba Gadjigo & Jason Silverman | United States, Senegal |
| Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (ŒdO) | Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (ŒdO) | Gabriel Clarke & John McKenna | United States, United Kingdom |
| This Is Orson Welles (film)|This Is Orson Welles (ŒdO) | This Is Orson Welles (film)|This Is Orson Welles (ŒdO) | Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg | France |
| Anniversary of the Sixty Years of the Creation of the Palme d'Or ||||
| The Golden Palm's Legend (CdO) (ŒdO) | La Légende de la Palme d'Or | Alexis Veller | France |
| Restored Prints ||||
| Battles without Honor and Humanity (1973) | 仁義なき戦い | Kinji Fukasaku | Japan |
| Black Girl (1966) | La Noire de... | Ousmane Sembène | France, Senegal |
| Elevator to the Gallows (1958) | Ascenseur pour l'échafaud | Louis Malle | France |
| Insiang (1976) | Insiang (1976) | Lino Brocka | Philippines |
| Marius (1931) | Marius (1931) | Alexander Korda | France |
| La Marseillaise (1938) | La Marseillaise (1938) | Jean Renoir | France |
| The Official Story (1985) | La historia oficial | Luis Puenzo | Argentina |
| Orders (1974) | Les Ordres | Michel Brault | Canada |
| Panic (1946) | Panique | Julien Duvivier | France |
| Ran (1985) | 乱 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Rocco and His Brothers (1960) | Rocco e i suoi fratelli | Luchino Visconti | Italy, France |
| The Round-Up (1965) | Szegénylegények | Miklós Jancsó | Hungary |
| The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939) | 残菊物語 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
| Sur (1988) | Sur (1988) | Fernando Solanas | Argentina, France |
| The Third Man (1949) | The Third Man (1949) | Carol Reed | United Kingdom |
| A Touch of Zen (1971) | 俠女 | King Hu | Taiwan |
| Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964) | Добро пожаловать, или Посторонним вход воспрещён | Elem Klimov | Soviet Union |
| Les yeux brûlés (1986) | Les yeux brûlés (1986) | Laurent Roth | France |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

### Cinéma de la Plage

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public:
| Evening | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Thursday 14 | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) | Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire | Yves Robert | France |
| Friday 15 | Ran (1985) | Ran (1985) | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Saturday 16 | Hôtel du Nord (1938) | Hôtel du Nord (1938) | Marcel Carné | France |
| Sunday 17 | Ivan the Terrible (1944) | Иван Грозный | Sergei Eisenstein | Soviet Union |
| Monday 18 | Rabid Dogs (2015) | Enragés | Eric Hannezo | France, Canada |
| Tuesday 19 | Joe Hill (1971) | Joe Hill (1971) | Bo Widerberg | Sweden, United States |
| Wednesday 20 | The Terminator (1984) | The Terminator (1984) | James Cameron | United States |
| Thursday 21 | Apollo 13 (1995) | Apollo 13 (1995) | Ron Howard | United States |
| Friday 22 | Hibernatus (1969) | Hibernatus (1969) | Edouard Molinaro | France, Italy |
| Saturday 23 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | The Usual Suspects (1995) | Bryan Singer | United States |

## Parallel sections
### Critics' Week

The full selection for the Critics' Week section was announced on 20 April 2015, at the section's website. The Anarchists, directed by Elie Wajeman, and Learn by Heart, directed by Mathieu Vadepied, were selected as the opening and closing films for the Critics' Week section.

#### Feature films

The winner of the Nespresso Grand Prize has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Dégradé (CdO) | Dégradé (CdO) | Arab and Tarzan | France, Qatar |
| Krisha (CdO) | Krisha (CdO) | Trey Edward Shults | United States |
| Land and Shade (CdO) | La tierra y la sombra | César Augusto Acevedo | Colombia, France, Netherlands, Chile, Brazil |
| Mediterranea (CdO) | Mediterranea (CdO) | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France, United States, Germany |
| Paulina | La patota | Santiago Mitre | Argentina, Brazil, France |
| Sleeping Giant (CdO) | Sleeping Giant (CdO) | Andrew Cividino | Canada |
| The Wakhan Front (CdO) (QP) | Ni le ciel ni la terre | Clément Cogitore | France, Belgium |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

#### Shorts Films Competition

The winner of the Discovery Award for Short Film has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Boys | Pojkarna | Isabella Carbonell | Sweden |
| Chickenpox | Varicella | Fulvio Risuleo | Italy |
| Command Action | Command Action | João Paulo Miranda Maria | Brazil |
| The Dragon's Demise | La Fin de dragon | Marina Diaby | France |
| Everything Will Be Okay | Alles wird gut | Patrick Vollrath | Germany |
| The Fox Exploits the Tiger's Might | The Fox Exploits the Tiger's Might | Lucky Kuswandi | Indonesia |
| Love Comes Later | Love Comes Later | Sonejuhi Sinha | United States |
| Monsters Turn Into Lovers | Jeunesse des Loups-Garous | Yann Delattre | France |
| Ramona | Ramona | Andrei Crețulescu | Romania |
| Too Cool for School | Too Cool for School | Kevin Phillips | United States |

#### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Anarchists | Les Anarchistes | Elie Wajeman | France |
| Coin Locker Girl (CdO) | 차이나타운 / Chainataun | Han Jun-hee | South Korea |
| Learn by Heart (CdO) | La Vie en grand | Mathieu Vadepied | France |
| Two Friends (CdO) (QP) | Les Deux Amis | Louis Garrel | France |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

### Directors' Fortnight

The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website. In the Shadow of Women, directed by Philippe Garrel, and Dope, directed by Rick Famuyiwa were selected as the opening and closing films for the Directors' Fortnight section. Actua 1, a previously unseen 1968 short film directed by Garrel, preceded the screening of In the Shadow of Women.

#### Feature films

The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Arabian Nights | As 1001 Noites | Miguel Gomes | Portugal |
| Beyond My Grandfather Allende (CdO) (ŒdO) | Allende, mi abuelo Allende | Marcia Tambutti Allende | Chile, Mexico |
| The Brand New Testament | Le Tout Nouveau Testament | Jaco Van Dormael | Luxembourg, France, Belgium |
| Cowboys (CdO) | Les Cowboys | Thomas Bidegain | France |
| Dope (QP) | Dope (QP) | Rick Famuyiwa | United States |
| Embrace of the Serpent | El abrazo de la serpiente | Ciro Guerra | Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina |
| Fatima | Fatima | Phillipe Faucon | France |
| Green Room | Green Room | Jeremy Saulnier | United States |
| The Here After (CdO) | Efterskalv | Magnus von Horn | France, Poland, Sweden |
| In the Shadow of Women | L'Ombre des femmes | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Much Loved (QP) | Much Loved (QP) | Nabil Ayouch | Morocco, France |
| Mustang (CdO) (QP) | Mustang (CdO) (QP) | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France |
| My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Peace to Us in Our Dreams | Peace to Us in Our Dreams | Šarūnas Bartas | Lithuania, France, Russia |
| A Perfect Day | A Perfect Day | Fernando León de Aranoa | Spain |
| Songs My Brothers Taught Me (CdO) | Songs My Brothers Taught Me (CdO) | Chloé Zhao | United States |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
    (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

#### Shorts Selection

The winner of the Illy Prize for Short Film has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Backyard | Quintal | André Novais Oliveira | Brazil |
| Blue Thunder | Bleu tonnerre | Jean-Marc E. Roy & Philippe David Gagné | Canada |
| The Broken Past | El pasado roto | Martín Morgenfeld & Sebastián Schjaer | Argentina |
| Calme ta joie | Calme ta joie | Emmanuel Laskar | France |
| The Exquisite Corpus | The Exquisite Corpus | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria |
| A Few Seconds | Quelques secondes | Nora El Hourch | France |
| Kung Fury | Kung Fury | David Sandberg | Sweden |
| Pitchoune | Pitchoune | Reda Kateb | France |
| Pueblo | Pueblo | Elena López Riera | Spain |
| Rate Me | Rate Me | Fyzal Boulifa | United Kingdom |
| Trials, Exorcisms | Provas, Exorcismos | Susana Nobre | Portugal |

#### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld | 極道大戦争 | Takashi Miike | Japan |

### ACID

ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers. The full ACID selection was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| (Be)Longing | Volta à Terra | João Pedro Plácido | Portugal, Switzerland, France |
| Cosmodrama | Cosmodrama | Philippe Fernandez | France |
| Gaz de France | Gaz de France | Benoît Forgeard | France |
| The Grief of Others | The Grief of Others | Patrick Wang | United States |
| I Am the People | Je suis le peuple | Anna Roussillon | France |
| Pauline (QP) | Pauline s'arrache | Emilie Brisavoine | France |
| Raging Rose | Crache Coeur | Julia Kowalski | France, Poland |
| Vanity (QP) | La Vanité | Lionel Baier | Switzerland, France |
| Where There Is Shade (QP) | De l'ombre il y a | Nathan Nicholovitch | France |
    (QP) indicates film eligible for the Queer Palm.

## Official Awards
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Dheepan by Jacques Audiard
* Grand Prix: Son of Saul by László Nemes
* Best Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien for The Assassin
* Best Screenplay: Michel Franco for Chronic
* Best Actress:
** Emmanuelle Bercot for Mon roi
** Rooney Mara for Carol
* Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for The Measure of a Man
* Jury Prize: The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos

### Honorary Palme d'Or

* Agnès Varda

### Un Certain Regard

* Prix Un Certain Regard: Rams by Grímur Hákonarson
* Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: The High Sun by Dalibor Matanić
* Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Journey to the Shore
* Prix Un Certain Talent: The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu
* Un Certain Regard Special Prize for Promising Future:
** Nahid by Ida Panahandeh
** Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan

### Caméra d'Or

* Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo

### Cinéfondation

* First Prize: Share by Pippa Bianco
* Second Prize: Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
* Third Prize:
** The Return of Erkin by Maria Guskova
** Victor XX by Ian Garrido López

### Short Films Competition

* Short Film Palme d'Or: Waves '98 by Ely Dagher
** Special Mention: P.S. I Can't Breathe by Monet Merchand and Rochelle Leanne

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* Son of Saul by László Nemes (In Competition)
* Masaan by Neeraj Ghaywan (Un Certain Regard)
* Paulina by Santiago Mitre (Critics' Week)

### Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

* Vulcan Award: Tamás Zányi (sound designer) for Son of Saul

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti
* Commendations:
** The Measure of a Man by Stéphane Brizé
** Trap by Brillante Mendoza

### Critics' Week

* Nespresso Grand Prize: Paulina by Santiago Mitre
* France 4 Visionary Award: Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo
* SACD Award: Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo
* Sony CineAlta Discovery Award for Short Film: Chickenpox by Fulvio Risuleo
* Canal+ Award: Ramona by Andrei Crețulescu
* Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award: The Wakhan Front by Clément Cogitore

### Directors' Fortnight

* Art Cinema Award: Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
* SACD Prize: My Golden Days by Arnaud Desplechin
* Europa Cinemas Label Award: Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
* Illy Prize for Short Film: Rate Me by Fyzal Boulifa
** Special Mention: The Exquisite Corpus by Peter Tscherkassky

### L'Œil d'or

* Beyond My Grandfather Allende by Marcia Tambutti Allende
** Special Mention: Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words by Stig Björkman

### Queer Palm

* Carol by Todd Haynes
** Special Mention: The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos
* Short Film Queer Palm: Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán

### Palm Dog

* Palm Dog Award: Lucky the Maltipoo for Arabian Nights
* Grand Jury Prize: "Bob" from The Lobster
* Palm Dog Manitarian award: I Am a Soldier

### François Chalais Prize

* Son of Saul by László Nemes

### Cannes Soundtrack Award

* Lim Giong for The Assassin