While making a film that wins at Cannes does not always mean much in terms of box office, it will always carry undeniable prestige. The films that were awarded prizes at the 60th Cannes Film Festival represent a wide variety of films from a number of countries. Some will get wide distribution in theaters, while others may have to be sought out in future DVD releases. The following is a list of the winning films:

Palme d’Or: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
Grand Prize: The Mourning Forest, directed by Naomi Kawase (Japan)
Best Director: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, directed by Julian Schnabel (France)
Special Prize: Paranoid Park, directed by Gus Van Sant (U.S.A.)
Jury Prize (tie): Persepolis, directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (France)
Silent Light, directed by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico)
Best Actor: Konstantin Lavronenko for The Banishment (Russia)
Best Actress: Jeon Do-yeon for Secret Sunshine (Korea)
Best Screenplay: Fatih Akin for The Edge of Heaven (Germany/Turkey)
Camera d’Or (Best Debut Feature): Jellyfish, directed by Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen (Israel)
Special Mention Debut: Control, directed by Anton Corbijn (U.K.)
Career Achievement Palme d’Or: Jane Fonda

Several of the films have U.S. distribution in place. While some past Cannes winners, such as Emir Kusturica, remain unkown to mainstream film audiences, others such as Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino have seen their careers significantly boosted by Cannes victories. Jane Fonda is only the fourth person to be honored by the Cannes Film Festival with a career achievement award.