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directed Nuri Bilge Ceylan
CANNES, France, May 24 (KUNA) -- Turkish film "Winter Sleep" won the Palme d'Or top prize at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, which concluded in the southern city of Cannes on Saturday.
The festival's Grand Prix award went to the Italian film "Wonders," a movie by the new young female director Alice Rohrwacher, and the award was presented to her by the legendary Sophia Loren.
The prize for best director went to American Bennett Miller for "Fox catcher," while the best actor went to British actor Timothy Spall for "Mr Turner."
Meanwhile, the award for best actress went to the American Julianne Moore for the film "Maps to the Stars Canada."
The award for best screenplay went to the Russians Andrei Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin for film "Leviathan."
The Jury Prize award was a tie between Canadian Mommy Xavier Dolan and French Goodbye to Language Jean-Luc Godard.
"Winter Sleep," directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, was the first win at the world's biggest cinema showcase for Turkey since 1982, when "Yol" by Yilmaz Guney shared the gong with "Missing" by Costa Gavras.
Ceylan dedicated the prize to the Turkish youth "who lost their lives" in unrest in Turkey over the last year. (end)
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