| Palme d'Or | A Man and a Woman, Claude Lelouch (France) |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians, Pietro Germi (France/Italy) |
| Special Jury Prize | Alfie, Lewis Gilbert (United Kingdom) |
| Best Actor | Per Oscarsson, Hunger (Denmark) |
| Best Actress | Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan! (United Kingdom) |
| Direction | Serge Youtkevitch, Portrait of Lenin (U.S.S.R.) |
| Directorial Debut | Rascoala, Mircea Muresan (Romania) |
| Special Acting Mention | Toto (Italy) |
| Fipresci Prize | Young Torless, Volker Schloendorff (Germany) |
| The War Is Over, Alain Resnais (France) |
| Catholic Film Office Award | A Man and a Woman, Claude Lelouch (France) |
| 20th Anniversary Tribute | To Orson Welles in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cinema |