Another year of me not being at the Cannes Film Festival remains somewhat depressing, but even from afar (well, across the North Sea) my passion for this glorious event has no limits. I followed a lot of the coverage from friends and peers across the film journalism world, most of which I have held in high esteem with the gratitude I bestowed upon them. Bravo to you all again, you made not being on the Croisette much more manageable.
Onto business, though you all know by now, the closing ceremony of Festival de Cannes took place earlier this evening. I made my own predictions across Twitter a couple of hours ago from the extensive write-ups I did over the last 10 days that never reached publishing stages sadly.
Here is a reminder of the winners:
- La Palme d’or / Palme d’or: ANORA (SEAN BAKER)
- Le Grand Prix / Grand Prize: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (PAYAL KAPADIA)
- Le Prix du Jury / Jury Prize: EMILIA PÉREZ (JACQUES AUDIARD)
- Le Prix de la Mise en scène / Best Director: MIGUEL GOMES (GRAND TOUR)
- Le Prix Spécial est attribué / Special Award for Best Screenplay: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (MOHAMMAD RASOULOF)
- Le Prix d’interprétation masculine / Best Actor: JESSE PLEMONS (KINDS OF KINDNESS)
- Le Prix d’interprétation féminine / Best Actress: ADRIANA PAZ, ZOE SALDAÑA, KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN, SELENA GOMEZ (EMILIA PÉREZ)
- Le Prix du Scénario / Best Screenplay: CORALIE FARGEAT (THE SUBSTANCE)
- La Caméra d’or / Caméra d’or: ARMAND (HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL)
- La Mention Spéciale de la Caméra d’or / Special Mention for Caméra d’or: MONGREL (WEI LIANG CHIANG & YOU QIAO YIN)
- La Palme d’or du Court Métrage / Short Film Palme d’or: THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT (NEBOJŠA SLIJEPČEVIĆ)
- La Mention Spéciale du Court Métrage / Special Mention for Short Film: BAD FOR A MOMENT (DANIEL SOARES)
