# Romanian film ‘Fjord’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for Mungiu 2026-08-09T18:08:50+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Romanian director Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival for 'Fjord', a Norway-set drama about political polarisation. The film stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as Romanian Evangelicals whose children are taken by child services after spanking them. Mungiu, previously winning for '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' in 2007, becomes the 10th filmmaker with two Palmes. The Grand Prix went to 'Minotaur', Andrey Zvyagintsev's domestic thriller about a Russian businessman conscripting workers for the Ukraine war. The jury, headed by Park Chan-wook, split both Best Actress and Best Actor prizes. Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto shared Best Actress for 'All of a Sudden'. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne jointly won Best Actor for 'Coward', a Lukas Dhont drama about Belgian soldiers in World War I. The Best Screenplay prize went to Emmanuel Marre for 'A Man of His Time', a French drama about a Nazi collaborator. The jury prize was awarded to Valeska Grisebach's 'The Dreamed Adventure', a crime drama set in a Bulgarian border town. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in Tags: Cannes, Cristian Mungiu, film festival, Fjord, Palme d'Or, world cinema Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/romanian-film-fjord-wins-palme-dor-at-cannes-for-mungiu/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/romanian-film-fjord-wins-palme-dor-at-cannes-for-mungiu/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.