British veteran director Ken Loach won his second Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival when “I, Daniel Blake”, his latest social-realist drama, took the Best Picture award on Sunday.
Loach is one of only nine directors to have won the top prize at Cannes twice. Loach had won in 2006 with “The Wind That Shakes the Barley.”
Shahab Hosseini won the best Actor for the Iranian film ‘The Salesman’. The movie directed by Asghar Farhadi also received the award for Best Screenplay.
Jaclyn Jose won Best Actress for her role in “Ma’ Rosa” a brutal dive into the Manilla underworld directed by Brillante Mendoza.