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The almost normal Cannes Film Festival

Here we are Cannes is finished, another year, another festival. But like we all know it wasn’t a normal year this is the first “real” Cannes Festival in two years. We saw movie stars pass; we saw catchy movie titles. Movies were sold at the Cannes Virtual Market and this all made the festival almost look regular which is a victory on itself.

The jury this year lead by the incomparable Spike Lee( who divulged the winner at the beginning of the ceremony, bold move) chose for a very interesting list of winner. “Titane” by Julie Ducournau, the Golden Palm Winner has devised the press and spectators but not the jury, the second woman only to win the Golden Palm and the first to do it so by herself. (Jane Campion, The Piano, had to share the prize in a tie with Chen Kaige and his Farewell My Concubine). Maybe that was the point of Julie Ducournau with this real film the genre, her second feature after “Grave”. The rest of the winners are less surprisingly but none the less worthy of their awards and praises.  We see films by past winners like Asghar Farhadi, Apichatpong Weerasethakul or great directors like Alamat Kusijanovic or Nadav Lapid.

In the very coveted Un Certain Regard competition, the Russian drama Unlenching the Fists by Kira Kovalenko took home the top prize. We also point out that the Belgian film Playground by Laura Wandel won the FIPRESCI Award together with Feathers by Omar El Zohairy and Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. And last but not least in the n the Cinéfondation Selection—which consists of 16 student films, chosen out of 1,835 entries across 490 film schools around the world—Belgium’s The Salamander Child by Théo Degen from the school INSAS won the top award.

Find the full list here:

Main Competition:

Palme d’Or

  • Titane by Julia Ducournau

Grand Prix

  • HYTTI N°6 (Compartment No. 6) by Juho Kuosmanen
  • A Hero by Asghar Farhadi

Caméra d’Or

  • Murina by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic

Jury Prize

  • Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Ahed’s Knee (Ha’berech) by Nadav Lapid

Honorary Palme d’Or

  • Marco Bellocchio
  • Jodie Foster

Best Director

  • Leos Carax for Annette

Best Actor

  • Caleb Landry Jones in Nitram

Best Actress

  • Renate Reinsve in Verdens Verste Menneske (The Worst Person in the World)

Best Screenplay

  • Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Takamasa Oe for Drive My Car

Short Film Palme d’Or

  • Tian Xia Wu Ya (All The Crows In The World) by Tang Yi

Special Mention of the Jury for Short Film

  • Céu de Agosto (August Sky) by Jasmin Tenucci

Un Certain Regard:

Grand Prize

  • Unclenching The Fists by Kira Kovalenko

Jury Prize

  • Great Freedom by Sebastian Meise

Ensemble Prize

  • Bonne Mere by Hafsia Herzi

Prize of Courage

  • La Civil by Teodora Ana Mihai

Prize of Originality

  • Lamb by Vladimir Johannsson

Special Mention

  • Prayers for the Stolen by Tatiana Huezo

FIPRESCI Prizes

  • Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (In Competition)
  • Playground by Laura Wandel (Un Certain Regard)
  • Feathers by Omar El Zohairy (Critics’ Week)

Ecumenical Prize

  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
  • Special Mention: HYTTI N°6 (Compartment No. 6) by Juho Kuosmanen

L’Œil d’or

  • A Night of Knowing Nothing by Payal Kapadia

Queer Palm Award

  • The Divide by Catherine Corsini

François Chalais Prize

  • A Hero by Asghar Farhadi

Special Mention

  • Freda by Gessica Généus

Cannes Soundtrack Award

  • Ron Mael & Russell Mael for Annette
  • Rone for Paris, 13th District

Palm Dog Award

  • Rosie, Dora and Snowbear for The Souvenir Part II

Chopard Trophy

  • Jessie Buckley and Kingsley Ben-Adir

Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for Best European Film

  • A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano

SACD Prize

  • Les Magnétiques (Magnetic Beats) by Vincent Maël Cardona

Carrosse d’Or

  • Frederick Wiseman

Critics Week:

Jury Prizes

Nespresso Grand Prize

  • Feathers by Omar El Zohairi

Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award

  • Sandra Melissa Torres in Amparo

Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film

  • Duo Li (Lili Alone) by Zou Jing

Partner Prizes

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

  • Condor (Rien A Foutre)

SACD Prize

  • Elie Grappe and Raphaëlle Desplechin for Olga

Canal+ Award for Short Film

  • Brutalia, Days of Labour by Manolis Mavris

Cinéfondation Selection:

First Prize

  • The Salamander Child by Théo Degen (INSAS, Belgium)

Second Prize

  • Cicada by Yoon Daewoen (Korea National University of Arts, South Korea)

Joint Third Prize

  • Love Stories on the Move by Carina-Gabriel Dașoveanu (UNTAC “I.L. Caragiale”, Romania)
  • Cantareira by Rodrigo Ribeyro (Academia Internacional de Cinema, Brazil)

First Prize

  • The Salamander Child by Théo Degen (INSAS, Belgium)

Second Prize

  • Cicada by Yoon Daewoen (Korea National University of Arts, South Korea)

Joint Third Prize

  • Love Stories on the Move by Carina-Gabriel Dașoveanu (UNTAC “I.L. Caragiale”, Romania)
  • Cantareira by Rodrigo Ribeyro (Academia Internacional de Cinema, Brazil)

Stanley Berenboom

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