The Positive Cinema Prize of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival was awarded to Lukas Dhont for his film Coward.
Created in 2016, the Positive Cinema Week is an initiative of the Cannes Film Festival who celebrates a engaged and inspiring cinemaimaginé afin de réfléchir ensemble à un better world. This year again, the jury had to elect the work which, according to it, proved to be the most positive among the films in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2026.
Fruit of the collaboration between the economist and writer Jacques Attali and Sam Bobinothe president of La Baule Film Festival, the Positive Cinema Prize has rewarded, once again this year, a work that inspireshope and resilience : Coward of Lukas Dhont, presented in official competition of this 79th Cannes Film Festival.Â
Synopsis :Â The young soldier Pierre wants to prove himself on the front during the First World War. Behind the lines, he meets Francis, responsible for boosting the morale of the troops.
Déjà récompensé à Cannes pour son film Girl (Positive Cinema Prize 2018), then for his feature filmClose, Lukas Dhont“confirms with Coward the singularity of a Committed, delicate and universal work, making cinema a space for dialogue, empathy and human reconciliation” specifies the Positive Cinema Week team.
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