The Square wins 2017 Cannes Film Festival

Art world satire The Square, directed by Ruben Ostlund, has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Swedish title was one of 19 films competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or, in the 70th year of the festival on the French Riviera.

Prizes also went to British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay and director Sofia Coppola.

But juror Jessica Chastain said she was shocked at the way many of the films she saw at Cannes portrayed women.

Chastain, star of The Help said it was "disturbing" to see the way women were depicted on screen, saying: "The one thing I really took away from this experience was how the world views women. There are some exceptions, but for the most part I was surprised with the representation of female characters on the screen in these films.

"I hope when we include more female story-tellers we will have more of the women that I recognise in my day-to-day life, ones that are proactive, have their own agency and don't just react to the men around them - they have their own point of view."

Toni Erdmann director Maren Ade, who also sat on the jury, agreed more female directors were needed, adding: "We're missing a lot of stories they might tell."