Award Winning Productions at Cannes Announced

This year is the perfect year for the Palme d’Or, one of the world’s most prestigious cinema awards. 22 films competed. The head of the jury that decides the awards in the competition is the American director. Greta Gerwig happened. Gerwig was last behind the camera in the movie Barbie. Gerwig has previously Little WomenHe took part in productions such as , Uğpur Böceği, Frances Ha and No Connecting.

American director Sean Baker received the Palme d’Or award at the festival for his film Anora. The Grand Jury Prize is All We Imagine as Light He went to Payal Kapida with his film. The Jury Prize went to Emilia Perez and Jacques Audiard, starring Selena Gomez. The Best Actor Award went to the Greek director. Yorgos Lanthimos‘Fame Kind of Kindness It went to Jesse Plemons for his role in the movie.

Famous director who attended the festival with Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola He did not receive an award at the festival. Mohammed Rasoulof, who was sentenced to prison by Iran, was awarded the special screenplay award for The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

The films that won awards in the main competition were as follows:

• Palme d’Or: Anora-Sean Baker
• Grand Jury Prize: All we imagine as light – Payal Kapadia
• Jury Prize: Emilia Pérez-Jacques Audiard
• Best Director: Miguel Gomes – Grand Tour
• Best Screenplay: Coralie Farget – The Substance
• FIPRESCI Prize: Muhammed Rasoulof-The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• Best Actress: Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña-Emilia Pérez
• Best Actor: Jesse Plemons – Kindness of Kindness

Un Certain Regard Award recipients:

• Un Certain Regard Award: Black Dog, Guan Hu
• Jury Prize: The Story of Souleymane, Boris Lojkine
• Best Director Award: Roberto Minervini-The Damned; Rungano Nyoni-On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
• Best Actress: Anasuya Sengupta – The Shameless
• Best Actor: Abou Sangaré – The Story of Souleymane
• Youth Award: Holy Cow – Louise Courvoisier
• Special Mention: Norah, Tawfik Alzaidi

Other important awards given in the competition

• Best First Feature (Caméra d’Or): Armand–Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
• Best First Feature (Caméra d’Or) Honorable Mention: Mongrel-Wei Liang Chiang, You Qiao Yin
• Palme d’Or (short film): The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent–Nebojsa Slijepcevic
• Short Film Honorable Mention: Bad for a moment – Daniel Soares