The 10th and 11th day of Cannes Film Festival saw the concluding awards ceremony and a number of competition films get U.S. distribution.

After having screened 18 films in competition, the jury led by Jane Campion, decided on the Palme d'Or winner. Nuri Bilge Ceylan took home the top prize at the Festival for his critically acclaimed film "Winter Sleep." The film surprised front-runner's "Leviathan," "Mommy" and "Two Days, One Night." The bigger surprise, however, was in the Grand Prix category. Alice Rohrwacher's "The Wonders" surprised since the film had not obtained much buzz after its screenings.

Meanwhile, Bennett Miller reaffirmed his position as an Oscar contender for his work in "Foxcatcher." The helmer won the Best Director award and with buzz rolling for the film, "Foxcatcher" will be a big player in awards season. Julianne Moore surprised by winning the Best Actress award for the mixed reviewed film "Map to the Stars." Pundits believed that the accolade would go to Marion Cotillard for her work in "Two Days, One Night."

Timothy Spall won the Best Actor award for "Mr. Turner," and that award could bring him closer to a Best Actor nomination at the Oscars come January. Past Best Actor award winners at Cannes that have gone home with Oscar nominations include Bruce Dern for "Nebraska," Christoph Waltz for "Inglorious Basterds," Jean DuJardin for "The Artist" and Javier Bardem for "Biutiful."

Xavier Dolan's "Mommy" tied Jean Luc Goddard's "Goodbye to Language" for the Jury Prize award. During the acceptance speech, Dolan received a huge standing ovation that was very emotional and that credited director Campion as a huge inspiration on his work.

The Russian drama "Leviathan" by Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin went home with the Best Screenplay award.

Another huge winner at the awards ceremony was "Party Girl." The opening night film of the Un Certain Regard sidebar won the Camera d'Or. The film also won the Best First Feature award as well as the prize Ensemble award at the Un Certain Regard award ceremony.

Meanwhile, the Hungarian film "White God" by Kornel Mundruczo went home with the Un Certain Regard Prize.

The other sidebar winners included "Force Majeure" by Ruben Ostlund which took home the Jury Award while Wim Wender's latest "The Salt of the Earth" won the Special Prize.

The Director's Fortnight prizes all went to "Les Combattants." The film won the Art Cinema Award, Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize, and Europa Cinemas Label.

Meanwhile, the FIPRESCI Prizes went to "Winter Sleep" from the Competition slate, "Les Combattants" from the Director's Fortnight sidebar and the Argentine film "Jauja" from Un Certain regard section.

In the market, Sony Pictures Classics took North American rights for "Leviathan." The company quickly took the film after it premiered at the festival as many critics believed it was the front-runner to win the Palme d'Or. In addition to the Russian drama the company also took rights to "Jimmy's Hall," "Saint Laurent," and "Wild Tales." The company had already come in with "Mr. Turner" and "Foxcatcher."

The Cohen Media Group took U.S. distribtution to the competition film "Timbuktu." The film opened at Cannes to good reviews but was overshadowed by "Grace of Monaco" as they were screened on the same day. The company is planning a U.S. release for later this year.

Over the past week and a half, the Canne Film Festival has screened over 100 films in the official selection and over 5,000 at the Market. A number of deals have been made with many hotly anticipated movies being announced and getting U.S. distribution. The Festival comes to an end on May 25 and unlike most years will not have a closing night film. Instead, the festival will close with a repeat screening of the Palme d'Or winner and with a special screening of "A Fistful of Dollars."