Cannes Film Festival winners 2015

Here are the winners from the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, as chosen by a jury led by US director siblings Joel and Ethan Coen:

Palme d'Or: "Dheepan"

(French director Jacques Audiard)

A thriller spotlighting the plight of Sri Lankan refugees, including a traumatised former insurgent, as they try to build new lives in France.

Grand Prize: "Son of Saul"

(Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes)

The 38-year-old Nemes's first feature, this movie was widely acclaimed for taking audiences into a Nazi concentration camp and showing the Holocaust in a different way.

Jury Prize: "The Lobster"

(Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos)

Starring a paunchy, deadpan Colin Farrell, "The Lobster" is a weird but well-received movie about single people who are transformed into animals if they don't find a mate.

Best actor: Vincent Lindon

("The Measure of a Man")

Talented, gruff French character actor Lindon scooped the prize for his performance as a laid-off factory worker desperately searching for a job.

Best actress: Rooney Mara, Emmanuelle Bercot

("Carol", "Mon Roi")

Mara won the award for her part in lesbian love affair "Carol" in which she co-starred with Cate Blanchett, while France's Emmanuelle Bercot was also awarded for her performance as a woman looking back on a destructive relationship with a deceitful but charming boyfriend.

Best director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

("The Assassin")

A leading figure in Taiwan's "New Wave" cinema, Hou won for his slow-burning minimalist drama set in ninth-century China featuring Asian megastar Shu Qi as a female assassin who, after failing in one mission, is sent back to her home province to kill its governor, who is also the man she loves.

Best screenplay: Chronic

(Michel Franco)

Mexican writer-director Franco won for his bleak film about an end-of-life nurse played by Tim Roth who grows too close to some of his patients and faces difficult moral choices about assisted suicide.