Awards Presented at Cannes Film Festival
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The curtain closes on the Cannes Film Festival. The awards were presented last night in France. CNN's Wayne Gray runs down the list of winners.</s>DAVID LYNCH, JURY PRESIDENT: Roman Polanski, "The Pianist."</s>WAYNE GRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A personal triumph closes the 55th Cannes Film Festival in France. Director Roman Polanski wins the Palme d'Or for "The Pianist." It's the first time he's won the festival's top prize.</s>ROMAN POLANSKI, PALME D'OR WINNER (through translator): I'm honored and moved to receive this prestigious prize for a film that represents Poland.</s>GRAY: Polanski drew on his personal experience to tell the story of a musician who manages to survive the Holocaust. As a boy in Poland, Polanski himself survived the Krakow ghetto but lost his mother at Auschwitz.</s>LYNCH: Olivier Gourmet for "The Son" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.</s>GRAY: Two relative unknowns took home the festival's top acting awards. The award for best actor went to Belgium's Olivier Gourmet for his role in "Le Fe (ph)" or "The Son."</s>OLIVIER GOURMET, BEST ACTOR WINNER (through translator): I would like to share this prize with all Belgium actors. I want to tell them to keep up their struggle, that there is room for them.</s>GRAY: Finland's Kati Outinen was named best actress for "The Man Without a Past." The film tells the story of a Salvation Army officer who falls in love with a man who has lost his memory.</s>KATI OUTINEN, BEST ACTRESS WINNER: Thank you, Aki, for letting me be a member of your crew.</s>GRAY: "The Man Without a Past" also took second place or the grand prize in the festival. Finish director Aki Kaurismaki didn't hold back when it came time to accept the prestigious award.</s>AKI KAURISMAKI, WINNER (through translator): First of all, I would like to thank myself so thanks to me and thanks to the jury.</s>GRAY: This year's jury was headed by director David Lynch, and also included actresses Sharon Stone and Michelle Yeoh.</s>LYNCH: Even though the world it reflects is in trouble, the world's cinema here at Cannes is alive and well.</s>GRAY: Wayne Gray, CNN.