Palme d'Or	Pelle the Conqueror, Bille August (Denmark/Sweden)
Special Jury Prize	A World Apart, Chris Menges (United States)
Best Actor	Forest Whitaker, Bird (United States)
Best Actress	Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi, A World Apart (United States)
Direction	Fernando E. Solanas, The South (Argentina)
Artistic Collaboration	Peter Greenaway, Drowning by Numbers (United Kingdom)
Camera d'Or for Film Debut	Salaam, Bombay!, Mira Nair (United Kingdom/India)
Technique	Bird, Clint Eastwood (United States)
Jury Prize	Krzysztof Kieslowski, Thou Shall Not Kill (Poland)
Palme d'Or for Short Film	Fioritures, Gary Bardine (U.S.S.R.)
Jury Prize for Short Film (Animation)	Ab Ovo/Traces de Sable, Ferenc Cako
Jury Prize for Short Film (Fiction)	Physical Sculpture, Yann Piquer and Jean-Marie Maddeddu
Fipresci Prize	Best Official Film Thou Shall Not Kill, Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland) Hotel Terminus, Marcel Ophuls (France) Best Unofficial Film Distant Voices, Still Lives, Terence Davies (United Kingdom)