Turkish epic fulfils early predictions to take top prize, while Timothy Spall wins best actor for Mr Turner. But away from best film and best director, surprise wins were in store for Julianne Moore, Jean-Luc Godard and Xavier Dolan
How the ceremony unfolded
Video: Mike Leigh and Timothy Spall on Mr Turner
Interview: Julianne Moore on Maps to the Stars
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's three-and-a-quarter hour Turkish drama Winter Sleep had been bookies' favourite going into the 67th Cannes film festival competition, and remained one of the frontrunners right into the final straight. Many were sceptical that the film - a Chekhovian drama about an isolated actor dealing with marital breakdown in the mountains - would make it past a number of other strong contenders to finally claim the top prize. Yet on Saturday evening it won the top award - making it the second year in a row that the longest film in contention has won (following Blue is the Warmest Colour's victory in 2013).
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